'Hypostatize' definitions:
Definition of 'hypostatize'
(from WordNet)
verb
Construe as a real existence, of a conceptual entity [syn: hypostatize, hypostatise]
Definition of 'Hypostatize'
From: GCIDE
- Hypostatize \Hy*pos"ta*tize\, v. t.
- 1. To make into, or regarded as, a separate and distinct substance. [1913 Webster]
- Looked upon both species and genera as hypostatized universals. --Pop. Sci. Monthly. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To attribute actual or personal existence to. --Sir W. Hamilton. [1913 Webster]