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hypostatize

/haɪˈpɒs.tə.taɪz/

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verb

/haɪˈpɒs.tə.taɪz/C2formal
  • ruГлагол, используемый для обозначения действия, при котором абстрактное понятие или качество рассматривается как конкретная, физическая сущность или субстанция.

A verb used to express the act of treating an abstract concept or quality as if it were a concrete, physical entity or substance.

  1. Treat an abstraction as realC2formal

    To treat or regard an abstract concept or idea as if it were a concrete, real thing or substance.

    ruГипостазировать

    • Philosophers often warn against hypostatizing 'justice' as a tangible object.
    • The poet hypostatized love as a beautiful goddess.
    • In his theory, he hypostatized 'the market' as an independent force.

    Synonymsconcretizeembodymaterializeobjectifypersonifyreify

Forms
  • hypostatized past participle
  • hypostatized past simple
  • hypostatizing present participle
  • hypostatizes third person singular