"hypostatize" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /haɪˈpɒstətaɪz/ Forms: hypostatizes [present, singular, third-person], hypostatizing [participle, present], hypostatized [participle, past], hypostatized [past]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὑποστατίζω (hupostatízō, “I hypostatize”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|ὑποστατίζω||I hypostatize}} Ancient Greek ὑποστατίζω (hupostatízō, “I hypostatize”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} hypostatize (third-person singular simple present hypostatizes, present participle hypostatizing, simple past and past participle hypostatized)
  1. (transitive) To render into, or regard as, a separate and distinct substance; to construe a contextually-subjective and complex abstraction, idea, or concept as a universal object without regard to nuance or change in character. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-hypostatize-en-verb-VAFe4znt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28
  2. (transitive) To attribute actual or personal existence to. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-hypostatize-en-verb-48D76n13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hypostatise Derived forms: hypostatization Related terms: hypostasis, embody, personify, reify (english: compare)

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