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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 entityplay

  Familiarity information: HYPOSTATISE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HYPOSTATISE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they hypostatise  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it hypostatises  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: hypostatised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: hypostatised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: hypostatising  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


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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