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substantification

substantification noun: the act, process, or result of substantifying.

Noun

substantification (countable and uncountable, plural substantifications)

  1. The act, process, or result of substantifying.
    • As a result of its substantification in its specific essence, the existence of the sphere of the fixed stars follows necessarily, and as a result of its thinking of the First, a fourth existence follows necessarily.1985 [c. 900 CE], Al-Fārābī, translated by Richard Walzer, Al-Farabi on the Perfect State, translation of آراءُ اَهْلِ الْمَدینَةِ الْفاضِلَة (in Arabic), page 103
    • Involved in the substantification relation between a substance and its accidents is an individuation relation: an accident is individuated by its substance.2002, Richard Cross, The Metaphysics of the Incarnation

Forms of substantification

pluralsubstantifications

Origin of substantification

From substance + -ification.

Questions about substantification

What does substantification mean?
Substantification means the act, process, or result of substantifying.
What part of speech is substantification?
Substantification is a noun.
What is the plural of substantification?
The plural of substantification is substantifications.

Words near substantification in the dictionary

  1. substantiation
  2. substantiations
  3. substantiative
  4. substantiator
  5. substantiators
  6. substantification
  7. substantifications
  8. substantified
  9. substantifies
  10. substantify
  11. substantifying

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