In Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (10th Edition) we find:
reify: to regard (something abstract) as a material or concrete thing.
It's my opinion that sometimes physicists are guilty of reification and that it is impermissible in legitimate physics. The classic example of this is found in the General Theory of Relativity wherein one speaks of the warping of space-time by massive objects. Space and time taken separately or together are not material or concrete things, and therefore, are not subject to warping.
Do not despair. Later I shall at the least offer a simple alternative to General Relativity for your consideration.
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