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In so far as this conception is applied to the essences of things, it leads to the hypostatization of the class concepts or universals.

From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Husik, Isaac

Indeed, for him, God would seem to be merely a focus imaginarius of Life and Spirit, a "hypostatization" of la duree.

From Bergson and His Philosophy by Gunn, John Alexander

In these and similar cases time, containing all things, is conceived of as the producer of all things, and the line between personification and hypostatization is not always clearly defined.

From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Jastrow, Morris