>[!abstract] >Reification (Latin _res_ ("thing") and _facere_ ("to make")) is a fallacy of ambiguity, when an abstraction (abstract belief or hypothetical construct) is treated as if it were a concrete real event or physical entity. In other words, it is the error of treating something that is not concrete, such as an idea, as a concrete thing. A common case of reification is the confusion of a model with reality: "the map is not the territory". ("Reification", 2025). ## References - Reification. (2025, February 14). In *Wikipedia*. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Reification_(fallacy)&oldid=1271183805 ## Related - [[Vicious abstractionism]]