👉 "Reifying" is a phrase in philosophy that refers to the act of making an object or concept more or less recognizable, often through symbolic representation. This can involve creating symbols that are not directly related to the original object or concept and then using them to make it seem more like what it actually is. The term "reifying" was first used by philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre in his work "Being and Time" (1945) to describe this process of making a
