| English Dictionary |
HYPOSTATISATION
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
Dictionary entry overview: What does hypostatisation mean?
• HYPOSTATISATION (noun)
The noun HYPOSTATISATION has 1 sense:
1. regarding something abstract as a material thing
Familiarity information: HYPOSTATISATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Regarding something abstract as a material thing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
hypostatisation; hypostatization; reification
Hypernyms ("hypostatisation" is a kind of...):
objectification (the act of representing an abstraction as a physical thing)
Derivation:
hypostatise (construe as a real existence, of a conceptual entity)
| Learn English with... Proverbs |
"Rome wasn't built in a day." (English proverb)
"It's impossible to awaken a man who is pretending to be asleep." (Native American proverb, Navajo)
"Ask thy purse what thou should'st buy." (Arabic proverb)
"As you make your bed, so you must lie in it." (Czech proverb)
"It's impossible to awaken a man who is pretending to be asleep." (Native American proverb, Navajo)
"Ask thy purse what thou should'st buy." (Arabic proverb)
"As you make your bed, so you must lie in it." (Czech proverb)