HyperDic: hypostatization

English > 1 sense of the word hypostatization:
NOUNacthypostatization, hypostatisation, reificationregarding something abstract as a material thing
English > hypostatization: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaningregarding something abstract as a material thing.
Synonymshypostatisation, reification
BroaderobjectificationThe act of representing an abstraction as a physical thing
Spanishcosificación, reificación
Verbshypostatizeconstrue as a real existence, of a conceptual entity

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