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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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