hypostatize
(verb)
verb
1. construe as a real existence, of a conceptual entity
Similar word(s): hypostatise
Definition categories: cognition, reify
Sentences with hypostatize as a verb:
- 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