English Explanatory Dictionary

hypostatic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Pertaining to hypostasis, especially with reference to hypostatic union.
  2. Personal, or distinctly personal; relating to the divine hypostases, or substances.
  3. Pertaining to hypostasis; depending upon, or due to, deposition or setting.
  4. Of a gene, affected by hypostasis.

Pronunciation

/haɪpəˈstætɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hypostatic.wav

Word forms

hypostatic more hypostatic most hypostatic

Etymology

From mediaeval Latin hypostaticus, from Ancient Greek ὑποστατικός (hupostatikós), from ὑποστατός (hupostatós). Equivalent to hypostasis + -tic.

Derived words

anhypostatic hypostatically hypostatic union nonhypostatic trihypostatic
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