hypostasis

== English == === Etymology === From Ecclesiastical Latin hypostasis, from Ancient Greek ὑπόστασις (hupóstasis, “sediment, foundation; substance, existence, essence”), from ὑπό (hupó, “under”) + στάσις (stásis, “standing”). Morphologically hypo- +‎ -stasis. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /haɪˈpɒstəsɪs/ (US) IPA(key): /haɪˈpɑstəsɪs/ === Noun === hypostasis (countable and uncountable, plural hypostases or hypostaseis) (medicine, archaic) A sedimentary deposit, especially in urine. [from 14th c.] (theology) The essential person, specifically the single person of Christ (as distinguished from his two ‘natures’, human and divine), or of the three ‘persons’ of the Trinity (sharing a single ‘essence’). [from 16th c.] the hypostases of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (philosophy) The underlying reality or substance of something. [from 17th c.] (linguistics) A relationship between a name and a known quantity, as a cultural personification (i.e. objectification with personality) of an entity or quality. (psychology) 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. (genetics) The effect of one gene preventing another from expressing. [from 20th c.] Postmortem lividity; livor mortis; suggillation. ==== Synonyms ==== subsistence ==== Derived terms ==== hypostatic ==== Related terms ==== anhypostasia enhypostasia hypostatize ==== Translations ====