hypostatize

hypostatize
/huy pos"teuh tuyz', hi-/, v.t., hypostatized, hypostatizing.
to treat or regard (a concept, idea, etc.) as a distinct substance or reality.
Also, esp. Brit., hypostatise.
[1820-30; < Gk hypostat(ós) (see HYPOSTATIC) + -IZE]

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