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Hypostasize vs Reify - What's the difference?

hypostasize | reify |

In lang=en terms the difference between hypostasize and reify

is that hypostasize is to make into a distinct substance; to conceive or treat as an existing being; to hypostatize while reify is to regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing.

As verbs the difference between hypostasize and reify

is that hypostasize is to make into a distinct substance; to conceive or treat as an existing being; to hypostatize while reify is to regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing.

hypostasize

English

Verb

(hypostasiz)
  • To make into a distinct substance; to conceive or treat as an existing being; to hypostatize.
  • The pressed Newtonians refused to hypostasize the law of gravitation into an ether. — Coleridge.
    (Webster 1913)

    reify

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • to regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing
  • Synonyms

    * conceptualize, concretize, objectify, picture, thingify

    See also

    * personify

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