Synonyms

hypostatize

American

[hahy-pos-tuh-tahyz, hi-] / haɪˈpɒs təˌtaɪz, hɪ- /

especially British, hypostatise

verb (used with object)

hypostatized, hypostatizing

to treat or regard (a concept, idea, etc.) as a distinct substance or reality.

hypostatize British

/ haɪˈpɒstəˌtaɪz /

verb

to regard or treat as real
to embody or personify

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

hypostatization

noun

Etymology

Origin of hypostatize

First recorded in 1820–30; from Greek hypostatós, hypóstatos “set under, (in Stoic philosophy) substantially existing” ( see hypostatic) + -ize

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