reification

the process by which social relations are perceived as inherent attributes of the people involved in them, or attributes of some product of the relation, such as a traded commodity

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[[The map is not the territory]].

reification

Reification is the process by which an abstract thing (such as social relations) is treated as concrete. For example, “homelessness” is a social problem, not a physical one.

It is not to be confused with [[fetishism]], which is when social relations are confused with something materially inherent.