hypostatize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To render into, or regard as, a separate and distinct substance; to construe a contextually-subjective and complex abstraction, idea, or concept as a universal object without regard to nuance or change in character.
To attribute actual or personal existence to.

/haɪˈpɒstətaɪz/

hypostatize hypostatizes hypostatizing hypostatized hypostatise

From Ancient Greek ὑποστατίζω (hupostatízō, “I hypostatize”).

hypostasis embody personify reify

hypostatization

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