hypostatic

[ hahy-puh-stat-ik ]

/ ˌhaɪ pəˈstæt ɪk /

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Definition of hypostatic

adjective

of or relating to a hypostasis; fundamental.

Theology. pertaining to or constituting a distinct personal being or substance.

Medicine/Medical. being in a condition of hypostasis.

Genetics. (of a nonallelic gene) masked by another gene.

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Also hy·po·stat·i·cal

[hahy-puh-stat-i-kuhl] /ˌhaɪ pəˈstæt ɪ kəl/ .

Origin of hypostatic

1670–80; <Greek hypostatikós pertaining to substance, equivalent to hypostat(ós) placed under, giving support (hypo-hypo- + sta-stand + -tos verbal adjective suffix) + -ikos-ic

OTHER WORDS FROM hypostatic

hy·po·stat·i·cal·ly, adverbnon·hy·po·stat·ic, adjectivenon·hy·po·stat·i·cal, adjectivenon·hy·po·stat·i·cal·ly, adverb

Words nearby hypostatic

hyposomatotropism, hypospadias, Hypospray, hypostasis, hypostasize, hypostatic, hypostatic congestion, hypostatic ectasia, hypostatic pneumonia, hypostatize, hyposthenia

How to use hypostatic in a sentence

(Would number then precede the essences) only in thought and conception, or also in the hypostatic existence?
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 3|Plotinos (Plotinus)
The first and veritable Number is therefore the source and principle21 of hypostatic existence for beings.
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 3|Plotinos (Plotinus)
If the man be defined as being the composite of the reasonable soul and the body, how can he be an immortal hypostatic existence?
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 3|Plotinos (Plotinus)
No, it has not even reached there, inasmuch as all that is after the First achieved (hypostatic) existence on His account.
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 3|Plotinos (Plotinus)

By such individual beings is here meant having in one's own being the cause of his hypostatic existence.
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 3|Plotinos (Plotinus)