Associations to the word «Hypostatize»

Wiktionary

HYPOSTATIZE, verb. (transitive) To make into, or regard as, a separate and distinct substance; to construe a contextually-subjective and complex abstraction, idea, or concept as a universal object without regard to nuance or change in character.
HYPOSTATIZE, verb. (transitive) To attribute actual or personal existence to.

Dictionary definition

HYPOSTATIZE, verb. Construe as a real existence, of a conceptual entity.

Wise words

Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
Baruch Spinoza