hypostatisation

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A noun referring to the act of treating an abstract concept or quality as if it were a concrete, material thing.

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa la acción de tratar una abstracción o cualidad como si fuera una entidad concreta o material. También se refiere al proceso de cosificar o reificar una idea, atribuyéndole existencia sustancial.

1. Reification of an abstraction C2 formal

   The act of treating an abstract concept or quality as if it were a concrete, physical object.

   • The hypostatisation of 'justice' as a blindfolded woman is a common allegory.
   • In his philosophy, he warned against the hypostatisation of ideas into tangible entities.
   • The hypostatisation of 'the market' as a living being can be misleading in economic discussions.

   🇪🇸Hipostatización

   Sinónimos: embodimentobjectificationreification

   Antónimos: abstraction

• hypostatisations plural form
• hypostatisations' possessive plural form
• hypostatisation's possessive singular form