hypostasization (hyˌpostasiˈzation) or hypostasisation (hyˌpostasiˈsation)
noun
hypostatize in British English
or hypostatise (haɪˈpɒstəˌtaɪz)
verb(transitive)
1.
to regard or treat as real
2.
to embody or personify
Derived forms
hypostatization (hyˌpostatiˈzation) or hypostatisation (hyˌpostatiˈsation)
noun
hypostasize in American English
(haiˈpɑstəˌsaiz, hɪ-)
transitive verbWord forms: -sized, -sizing
to assume the reality of (an idea, proposition, etc.); hypostatize
Alsoesp Brithypostasise
Word origin
[1800–10; hypostas(is) + -ize]This word is first recorded in the period 1800–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: chlorine, pueblo, rejuvenate, sodium, unprofessional-ize is a verb-forming suffix occurring originally in loanwords from Greek that have enteredEnglish through Latin or French (baptize; barbarize; catechize); within English, -ize is added to adjectives and nouns to form transitive verbs with the general senses“to render, make” (actualize; fossilize; sterilize; Americanize), “to convert into, give a specified character or form to” (computerize; dramatize; itemize; motorize), “to subject to (as a process, sometimes named after its originator)” (hospitalize; terrorize; galvanize; oxidize; simonize; winterize). Also formed with -ize are a more heterogeneous group of verbs, usually intransitive, denoting a changeof state (crystallize), kinds or instances of behavior (apologize; moralize; tyrannize), or activities (economize; philosophize; theorize)