reify

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈɹiː.ə.faɪ/|/ˈɹeɪ.ə.faɪ/    美 /ˈɹiː.ə.faɪ/|/ˈɹeɪ.ə.faɪ/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing. transitive
    — What I've always appreciated about this concept of coincidence ... is how it reifies our search for causality, our need to establish logical connections among disparate events.

词形变化

reifies present,singular,third-person reifying participle,present reified participle,past reified past

词源

Back-formation from reification, calque from German. Formed as Latin rēs (“thing”) + -ify (English suffix).
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