different between existence vs hypostatize

English

Etymology

From Old French existence, from Late Latin existentia (“existence”).

Morphologically exist +? -ence.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??.?z?s.t?ns/, /??.?z?s.t?ns/

Noun

existence (countable and uncountable, plural existences)

1. The state of being, existing, or occurring; beinghood.

   Synonym: presence
2. Empirical reality; the substance of the physical universe. (Dictionary of Philosophy; 1968)

Synonyms

• (state of being): See also Thesaurus:existence

Antonyms

• (state of being): nonexistence, nothingness; See also Thesaurus:inexistence

Derived terms

• nonexistence

Related terms

• exist
• aseity
• existential

Translations

Anagrams

• ectexines

Czech

Etymology

Latin sisto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [???z?st?nt?s?]
• Rhymes: -?nts?

Noun

existence f

1. existence

Related terms

Further reading

• existence in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• existence in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

French

Etymology

From Old French existence, from Late Latin existentia (“existence”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.zis.t??s/
• Rhymes: -??s
• Homophone: existences
• Hyphenation: ex?is?tence

Noun

existence f (plural existences)

1. existence
2. life

   Synonym: vie

Related terms

• exister
• existentiel

Further reading

• “existence” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Alternative forms

• hypostatise

Verb

hypostatize (third-person singular simple present hypostatizes, present participle hypostatizing, simple past and past participle hypostatized)

1. (transitive) To make into, or regard as, a separate and distinct substance; to construe a contextually-subjective and complex abstraction, idea, or concept as a universal object without regard to nuance or change in character.
   • 1892, Thomas Henry Huxley, Scientific and Pseudo-scientific Realism

     On the other hand, there were a few who could see no objective reality in anything but individuals, and looked upon both species and genera as hypostatized universals.

2. (transitive) To attribute actual or personal existence to.
   • February 2005, Cardozo Law Review

     Progressives are wrong to hypostatize their belief in mankind's eternal advance, and to disavow anything that does not fit this preordained vision.

   • , 2011, Paul Evdokimov, Orthodoxy

     Roman Christianity is characterized by filial love and obedience expressed towards the fatherly authority hypostatized in the first Person of the Trinity....