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In social phenomenology, 'reification' is viewed as the process by which social relations are perceived as things or objects. This results in social phenomena being treated as natural, immutable realities, thus obscuring their social and relational origins.

In social phenomenology, the 'lifeworld' is the pre-reflective, taken-for-granted background of everyday life experience and social interactions. It is analyzed as a world of immediate experience that is directly meaningful to individuals.

Social phenomenology interprets 'alienation' as a condition where individuals are isolated from their work, the products of their labor, or the broader society. It examines the social structures and consciousness that perpetuate alienation.

This refers to the accumulation of cultural and historical experiences that settle and become a sturdy backdrop against which new experiences and meanings are formed. Social phenomenology views this as foundational in the development of a society's collective consciousness.

This concept in social phenomenology deals with how society's shared beliefs, conceptions, and knowledge influence an individual's perception of reality, essentially arguing that our understanding of the world is not only subjective but also shaped by social interactions and cultural context.

This refers to the various ways in which different individual consciousnesses relate to each other within their lifeworlds. Social phenomenology analyzes it as the shared, mutual understanding people have that allows them to engage in meaningful interactions.

Social phenomenology sees 'typification' as the process by which a complex reality is simplified by categorizing and defining interactions and people into types or patterns that can be easily understood and anticipated.

From the perspective of social phenomenology, a 'social act' is an action that has the intention of influencing others and is recognized as such by the community. It examines how these actions are understood, generated, and given meaning within a social context.

This social phenomenon occurs when actions are repeated frequently and become cast into patterns. In social phenomenology, it emphasizes how these actions lose their 'subjective' meaning and transform into a 'social' fact that governs behavior