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HYPOSTATISE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hypostatise mean?
• HYPOSTATISE (verb)
The verb HYPOSTATISE has 1 sense:
1. construe as a real existence, of a conceptual entity
Familiarity information: HYPOSTATISE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they hypostatise ... he / she / it hypostatises
Past simple: hypostatised
Past participle: hypostatised
-ing form: hypostatising
... he / she / it hypostatises Past simple: hypostatised
Past participle: hypostatised
-ing form: hypostatising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Construe as a real existence, of a conceptual entity
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
hypostatise; hypostatize
Hypernyms (to "hypostatise" is one way to...):
reify (consider an abstract concept to be real)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
hypostatisation (regarding something abstract as a material thing)
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