hypostatize

English Thesaurus

1. construe as a real existence, of a conceptual entity (verb.cognition)

hypernym	:	reify,
definition	:	consider an abstract concept to be real (verb.cognition)

derivation	:	hypostatisation, hypostatization, reification,
definition	:	regarding something abstract as a material thing (noun.act)

derivation	:	hypostasis,
definition	:	(metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	hypostatisation, hypostatization, reification,
definition	:	regarding something abstract as a material thing (noun.act)

derivation	:	hypostasis,
definition	:	(metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality (noun.cognition)