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hypostasize

[hahy-pos-tuh-sahyz, hi-]

hy·pos·ta·size

[hahy-pos-tuh-sahyz, hi-]
verb (used with object), -sized, -siz·ing.
to assume the reality of (an idea, proposition, etc.); hypostatize.
Also, especially British, hy·pos·ta·sise.


Origin:
1800–10; hypostas(is) + -ize
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hypostasize or hypostasise (haɪˈpɒstəˌsaɪz)
 
vb
another word for hypostatize
 
hypostasise or hypostasise
 
vb
 
hypostasi'zation or hypostasise
 
n
 
hypostasi'sation or hypostasise
 
n

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