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verb
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To attribute actual or personal existence to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
construe as a real existence, of a conceptual entity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: hypostatise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: reify
History
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὑποστατίζω (hupostatízō, “I hypostatize”).
