hy·pos·ta·tize (h -p s t -tz )tr.v. hy·pos·ta·tized, hy·pos·ta·tiz·ing, hy·pos·ta·tiz·es To ascribe material existence to. [From Greek hupostatos, placed under, substantial, from huphistasthai, to stand under, exist : hupo, beneath; see hypo- + histasthai, middle voice of histanai, to set, place; see epistasis.] hy·pos ta·ti·zation (-t -z shn) n. |
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| Noun | 1. | hypostatization - regarding something abstract as a material thing objectification - the act of representing an abstraction as a physical thing |
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