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hypostasis.

A sedimentary deposit, especially in urine.

10 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/haɪˈpɒstəsɪs/UK/haɪˈpɑstəsɪs/US
  1. A sedimentary deposit, especially in urine.

    archaic · countable · uncountable
  2. The essential person, specifically the single person of Christ (as distinguished from his ‘nature(s)’, human and divine), or of the three ‘persons’ of the Trinity (sharing a single ‘essence’).

    countable · uncountable
    the hypostases of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
  3. The underlying reality or substance of something.

    countable · uncountable
  4. The underlying reality or substance of something. A relationship between a name and a known quantity, as a cultural personification (i.e. objectification with personality) of an entity or quality.

    countable · uncountable
  5. The underlying reality or substance of something. Referring to the hypostatic model of personality; i.e., asserting that humans present themselves in many different aspects or hypostases, depending on the internal and external realities they relate to, including different approaches to the study of personality.

    countable · uncountable
  6. The effect of one gene preventing another from expressing.

    countable · uncountable
  7. Postmortem lividity; livor mortis; suggillation.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Ecclesiastical Latin hypostasis, from Ancient Greek ὑπόστασις (hupóstasis, “sediment, foundation; substance, existence, essence”), from ὑπό (hupó, “under”) + στάσις (stásis, “standing”). Morphologically hypo- + -stasis.

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