hypostatize

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

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.
Also especially British, hy·pos·ta·tise.

Origin of hypostatize

1820–30; < Greek hypostat(ós) (see hypostatic) + -ize

OTHER WORDS FROM hypostatize

hy·pos·ta·ti·za·tion, noun

Words nearby hypostatize

hypostasize, hypostatic, hypostatic congestion, hypostatic ectasia, hypostatic pneumonia, hypostatize, hyposthenia, hyposthenuria, hypostome, hypostomia, hypostyle

Example sentences from the Web for hypostatization

  • 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 hypostatization

hypostatize

hypostatise

/ (haɪˈpɒstəˌtaɪz) /

verb (tr)

to regard or treat as real
to embody or personify

Derived forms of hypostatize

hypostatization or hypostatisation, noun