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hypostatize

[ hahy-pos-tuh-tahyz, hi- ]
/ haɪˈpɒs təˌtaɪz, hɪ- /
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verb (used with object), hy·pos·ta·tized, hy·pos·ta·tiz·ing.
to treat or regard (a concept, idea, etc.) as a distinct substance or reality.
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Also especially British, hy·pos·ta·tise .

Origin of hypostatize

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

OTHER WORDS FROM hypostatize

hy·pos·ta·ti·za·tion, noun
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Words related to hypostatize

demonstrate, epitomize, exemplify, exhibit, express, illustrate, incorporate, manifest, mirror, personify, realize, stand for, symbolize, typify, appear, emerge, happen, occur, take place, turn up

How to use hypostatize in a sentence

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

    Bergson and His Philosophy|J. Alexander Gunn

British Dictionary definitions for hypostatize

hypostatize

hypostatise

/ (haɪˈpɒstəˌtaɪz) /
verb (tr)
to regard or treat as real
to embody or personify

Derived forms of hypostatize

hypostatization or hypostatisation, noun
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