reificação
Portuguese, noun/ʁej.fi.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/
reificação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “reification (consideration of an abstract thing as if it were concrete)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “considerar algo abstrato como coisa material”.
What does reificação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininereification (consideration of an abstract thing as if it were concrete)
- 2
feminineobjectification
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. considerar algo abstrato como coisa material 2. representar o ser humano como objeto físico privado de qualidades pessoais ou de individualidade 3. transformar o homem ou algo em coisa - objeto de consumo
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of reificação
- reificações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce reificação?
- Brazil /ʁej.fi.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [heɪ̯.fi.kaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /ʁej.fi.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to reificação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is reificação in Portuguese?
reificação appears about once in every 29 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).