hypostatisation

indénombrable

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

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant l'action de traiter une abstraction, une qualité ou une idée comme une chose concrète ou une substance réelle.

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.

   🇫🇷Réification d'une abstraction

   Synonymes: embodimentobjectificationreification

   Antonymes: abstraction

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