hypostatic

[ hahy-puh-stat-ik ]

adjective
  1. of or relating to a hypostasis; fundamental.

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

  1. Medicine/Medical. being in a condition of hypostasis.

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

Origin of hypostatic

1
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
  • Also hy·po·stat·i·cal [hahy-puh-stat-i-kuhl] /ˌhaɪ pəˈstæt ɪ kəl/ .

Other words from hypostatic

  • hy·po·stat·i·cal·ly, adverb
  • non·hy·po·stat·ic, adjective
  • non·hy·po·stat·i·cal, adjective
  • non·hy·po·stat·i·cal·ly, adverb

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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)