HyperDic: hypostatise

English > 1 sense of the word hypostatise:
VERBcognitionhypostatise, hypostatizeconstrue as a real existence, of a conceptual entity
English > hypostatise: 1 sense > verb 1, cognition
Meaningconstrue as a real existence, of a conceptual entity.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Synonymhypostatize
BroaderreifyConsider an abstract concept to be real
Nounshypostatisationregarding something abstract as a material thing

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