hypostatization

noun

hy·​pos·​ta·​ti·​za·​tion hīˌpästətə̇ˈzāshən 

plural -s

1

: an act or instance of hypostatizing : reification

realism is built on the fallacy of hypostatization, the supposition that an abstract term must somehow have a denotation

—T. T. Lafferty

2

: something that is hypostatized

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