entification

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word entification. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word entification, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say entification in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word entification you have here. The definition of the word entification will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofentification, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

Noun

entification (countable and uncountable, plural entifications)

  1. (rare) The action of giving objective existence to something
    • 1960, Willard Van Orman Quine, Word and Object:
      Entification begins at arm's length; the points of condensation in the primordial conceptual scheme are things glimpsed, not glimpses.
    • 1993, Jacques Lacan, translated by Russell Grigg, The Psychoses: The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book III:
      Where, therefore, are we to locate the mediating element... which is the conflict-free sphere, which thus becomes the mythical locus of the most incredible reaction entifications?

References

  • OED 2nd edition 1989