hypostatize Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb construe as a real existence, of a conceptual entity
    hypostatise.

WordNet

Hy*pos"ta*tize transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To make into, or regarded as, a separate and distinct substance.
    Looked upon both species and genera as hypostatized universals. Pop. Sci. Monthly.
  2. To attribute actual or personal existence to. Sir W. Hamilton.

Webster 1913