Hypostatize (Verb)
Meaning
Construe as a real existence, of a conceptual entity.
Classification
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
Examples
- The ancient Greeks used to hypostatize abstract virtues and vices as actual goddesses and gods.
- Humans tend to hypostatize time, treating it as if it were a tangible, linear progression.
- This poetic work hypostatizes love as an entity that guides and transforms the lives of the characters.
- Scholars sometimes hypostatize historical events, turning them into timeless, mythological lessons.
- Philosophers throughout history have been prone to hypostatize philosophical concepts as real beings with distinct existence.