reifiers
/ˈriːɪfaɪərz/
noun
- Plural of reifier; people who treat abstract ideas or concepts as if they were real, physical things.
- The book warned that reifiers of 'national identity' can create dangerous stereotypes.
- The workshop was full of reifiers who insisted that 'culture' was a tangible force.
- Reifiers of economic theories often forget that models are just simplified representations.