[hahy-pos-tuh-tahyz, hi-] 
| to treat or regard (a concept, idea, etc.) as a distinct substance or reality. |
| hy·pos·ta·tize (hī-pŏs'tə-tīz') tr.v. hy·pos·ta·tized, hy·pos·ta·tiz·ing, hy·pos·ta·tiz·es To ascribe material existence to. [From Greek hupostatos, placed under, substantial, from huphistasthai, to stand under, exist : hupo, beneath; see hypo- + histasthai, middle voice of histanai, to set, place; see epistasis.] hy·pos'ta·ti·za'tion (-tĭ-zā'shən) n. |
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