Definition of Hipostatize
Hy*pos"ta*tize (?), v. t.
1. To make into, or regarded as, a separate and
distinct substance.
Looked upon both species and genera as
hypostatized universals. Pop. Sci.
Monthly.
2. To attribute actual or personal existence
to. Sir W. Hamilton.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- To construct a contextually-subjective and complex abstraction, idea, or concept into a universal object without regard to nuance or change in character.
quotations:
*"Progressives are wrong to hypostatize their belief in mankind's eternal advance, and to disavow anything that does not fit this preordained vision." — Cardozo Law Review, February 2005
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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