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HYPOSTATIZATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Regarding something abstract as a material thing
Synonyms:
hypostatisation; hypostatization; reification
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("hypostatization" is a kind of...):
objectification (the act of representing an abstraction as a physical thing)
Derivation:
hypostatize (construe as a real existence, of a conceptual entity)