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Noun: hypostatisation  hI,pós-tu-tu'zey-shun [N. Amer], hI,pós-tu-tI'zey-shun [Brit]
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: hypostatization)
  1. Regarding something abstract as a material thing
    "The hypostatisation of love as a physical object in poetry";
    - hypostatization, reification

Type of: objectification

Encyclopedia: Hypostatisation