1. treated as having concrete existence; made into a substance or entity
Usage: philosophical; technical

Examples

• The philosopher argued that justice had been hypostatized into an absolute principle.
• Critics claimed the theory contained hypostatized concepts that lacked empirical support.
• The ancient Greeks often hypostatized abstract virtues as gods and goddesses.
• His hypostatized notion of progress ignored historical complexities.
• The debate centered on whether consciousness should be viewed as hypostatized or emergent.
• Medieval thinkers frequently hypostatized universal concepts into real entities.