Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hypostatize

/haɪˈpɒstətaɪz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hy-po-sta-tize
IPA: /haɪˈpɒstətaɪz/

28

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To render into, or regard as, a separate and distinct substance; to construe a contextually-subjective and complex abstraction, idea, or concept as a universal object without regard to nuance or change in character.

Transitive verb

verb

To attribute actual or personal existence to.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"On the other hand, there were a few who could see no objective reality in anything but individuals, and looked upon both species and genera as hypostatized universals."
"Positivism, restricted to a programme of investigating observable particulars, cannot grasp the ‘self-formative process of man as process’. It hypostatizes the abstract concept of fact or datum."
"Progressives are wrong to hypostatize their belief in mankind's eternal advance, and to disavow anything that does not fit this preordained vision."
"Roman Christianity is characterized by filial love and obedience expressed towards the fatherly authority hypostatized in the first Person of the Trinity […]"

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὑποστατίζω (hupostatízō, “I hypostatize”).

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

hypostatizes (present, singular) hypostatizing (participle, present) hypostatized (participle, past) hypostatized (past) hypostatise (alternative)

Derived Forms

hypostatization

Frequently Paired Words

hypostasis embody personify reify

Synonyms

hypostatise

Questions

How do you pronounce hypostatize?: The recorded pronunciation is /haɪˈpɒstətaɪz/.
What does hypostatize mean?: To render into, or regard as, a separate and distinct substance; to construe a contextually-subjective and complex abstraction, idea, or concept as a universal object without regard to nuance or change in character.
Where does hypostatize come from?: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὑποστατίζω (hupostatízō, “I hypostatize”).

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