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{{See also|Reification (programming)}}
'''Reification''' is the process of giving material form to an abstract concept or idea. It is a common device in [[literature]]; for example, in ''[[Lord of the Flies]]'' by [[William Golding]], the boar's head that the boys worship might be said to reify their descent from [[civilization]] into [[barbarism]]. Reification can also take place in [[politics]] and [[law]], as social mores and [[taboo]]s are given tangible enforcement: for example, [[South Africa]]'s twentieth century [[apartheid]] laws could be seen as a reification of the [[racism]] ingrained in that country's society at the time.
'''Reification''' is the process of giving material form to an abstract concept or idea. It is a common device in [[literature]]; for example, in ''[[Lord of the Flies]]'' by [[William Golding]], the boar's head that the boys worship might be said to reify their descent from [[civilization]] into [[barbarism]]. Reification can also take place in [[politics]] and [[law]], as social mores and [[taboo]]s are given tangible enforcement: for example, [[South Africa]]'s twentieth century [[apartheid]] laws could be seen as a reification of the [[racism]] ingrained in that country's society at the time.