Examples of reification in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Dangerous demagogues use reification to position opposition as less than human, thereby denying their standing to criticize or object. — Jennifer Mercieca, The Conversation, 19 June 2020 Does the reification of objectivity and detachment in the discipline serve to reinforce status hierarchies more than produce sound science? — WSJ, 12 Sep. 2018

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