Thingification

//θɪŋɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The fact or process of turning something into a thing.

    "Dictionaries alone aren't responsible for the thingification of natural languages, but they crystallized a peculiar modern view of what it means to have a language."

Synonyms

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objectificationobjectificationreificationreification

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"Dictionaries alone aren't responsible for the thingification of natural languages, but they crystallized a peculiar modern view of what it means to have a language."

Etymology

From thing + -ification, following thingify.

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