hypostatize

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Verb hypostatize has 1 sense

hypostatize, hypostatise - construe as a real existence, of a conceptual entity
--₁ is one way to reify

Derived forms: noun hypostatization₁, noun hypostasis₄
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

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Hypostatize

Definition:

Verb (transitive) To treat or represent something abstract as a concrete, tangible thing.

Sense 1:

To give concrete form or substance to something abstract.

Example sentence:

She had the ability to hypostatize her imagination and turn her dreams into reality.

Sense 2:

To consider or treat an abstract idea as if it were a physical entity.

Example sentence:

The poet brilliantly hypostatized love as a living, breathing being in his romantic verses.