Source : WordNet®

reification
     n 1: regarding something abstract as a material thing [syn: {hypostatization},
           {hypostatisation}]
     2: representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of
        personal qualities or individuality; "according to Marx,
        treating labor as a commodity exemplified the reification
        of the individual" [syn: {depersonalization}, {depersonalisation}]