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Hypostatize
//haɪˈpɒstətaɪz// verb
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Verb
- 1 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. transitive
"On the other hand, there were a few who could see no objective reality in anything but individuals, and looked upon both species and genera as hypostatized universals."
- 2 construe as a real existence, of a conceptual entity wordnet
- 3 To attribute actual or personal existence to. transitive
"Progressives are wrong to hypostatize their belief in mankind's eternal advance, and to disavow anything that does not fit this preordained vision."
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὑποστατίζω (hupostatízō, “I hypostatize”).
See also for "hypostatize"
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