thingification

English

Etymology

From thing +‎ -ification, following thingify.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /θɪŋɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/

Noun

thingification

1. The fact or process of turning something into a thing; reification.
   • 2011, David Bellos, Is That a Fish in Your Ear?, Penguin 2012, p. 99:

     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

• objectification
• reification