1846, "act of materializing," from Latin re-, stem of res "thing" (see re) + -fication "a making or causing." In Marxist jargon, translating German Verdinglichung.
according to Marx, treating labor as a commodity exemplified the reification of the individual
rehydrate
rehydration
*rei-
Reich
Reichstag
reification
reify
*reig-
reign
re-ignite
reimburse