English noun: objectification | |||
1. | objectification (act) the act of representing an abstraction as a physical thing | ||
Broader (hypernym) | actualisation, actualization, realisation, realization | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | depersonalisation, depersonalization, embodiment, exteriorisation, exteriorization, externalisation, externalization, hypostatisation, hypostatization, reification, reification | ||
2. | objectification (artifact) a concrete representation of an abstract idea or principle | ||
Broader (hypernym) | representation | ||