HYPOSTATIZE

hypostatize, hypostatise

(verb) construe as a real existence, of a conceptual entity

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

hypostatize (third-person singular simple present hypostatizes, present participle hypostatizing, simple past and past participle hypostatized)

(transitive) To make 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.

(transitive) To attribute actual or personal existence to.

Roman Christianity is characterized by filial love and obedience expressed towards the fatherly authority hypostatized in the first Person of the Trinity....

Source: Wiktionary


Hy*pos"ta*tize, v. t.

1. To make into, or regarded as, a separate and distinct substance. Looked upon both species and genera as hypostatized universals. Pop. Sci. Monthly.

2. To attribute actual or personal existence to. Sir W. Hamilton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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