substantialize

Example Sentences

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This God is merely a substantivized adjective; He is a constitutional God who reigns but does not govern, and Knowledge is His constitutional charter.

From Tragic Sense Of Life by Flitch, J. E. Crawford (John Ernest Crawford)

Neither "the human" nor "humanity," neither the simple adjective nor the substantivized adjective, but the concrete substantive—man.

From Tragic Sense Of Life by Flitch, J. E. Crawford (John Ernest Crawford)