Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dereify

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dereify
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To cause no longer to be a single coherent entity; to cease to treat as a recognizable object.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"That is, although the insurrectionary consciousness of Antiguan workers is not identical with its African counterpart, it, too, is unable to dereify the social totality and reveal society as a collectively manageable entity."
"[Hayek] seeks to dereify society as nothing more than individuals and seeks the dethronement of society so that markets and morals may resume their pure and rightful place. However, the state is neither the source nor the enforcer of morality-…"

Etymology

From de- + reify.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: de

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

dereifies (present, singular) dereifying (participle, present) dereified (participle, past) dereified (past)

Derived Forms

dereification

Questions

What does dereify mean?: To cause no longer to be a single coherent entity; to cease to treat as a recognizable object.
Where does dereify come from?: From de- + reify.

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