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Categories: Informal fallacies

hypostatization hypostatisation reification concretism fallacies of misplaced concreteness

Regarding something abstract as a material thing WordNet 3.0

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Regarding something abstract as a material thing WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Reification is a fallacy of ambiguity, when an abstraction is treated as if it were a concrete real event or physical entity. Wikipedia

The fallacy of treating an abstraction as if it were a real thing Wikipedia Disambiguation

Fallacy of treating an abstraction as if it were a real thing Wikidata

The consideration of an abstract thing as if it were concrete or material. OmegaWiki

The consideration of an abstract thing as if it were concrete, or of an inanimate object as if it were living. Wiktionary

Consideration of an abstract thing as if it were concrete, or of an inanimate object as if it were living. Wiktionary (translation)

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WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

hypostatization, hypostatisation, reification

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reification

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reification

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concretism, hypostatisation, reification

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