hypostatize

hy·pos·ta·tize  (h-pst-tz)

tr.v. hy·pos·ta·tized, hy·pos·ta·tiz·ing, hy·pos·ta·tiz·es

To ascribe material existence to.

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[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.]

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hy·posta·ti·zation (-t-zshn) n.

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hypostatize, hypostatise [haɪˈpɒstəˌtaɪz]

vb (tr)

1. to regard or treat as real

2. to embody or personify

hypostatization , hypostatisation n

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Verb

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hypostatize - construe as a real existence, of a conceptual entity hypostatise reify - consider an abstract concept to be real