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HYPOSTASIS (hypostases)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hypostasis mean?
• HYPOSTASIS (noun)
The noun HYPOSTASIS has 4 senses:
1. the suppression of a gene by the effect of an unrelated gene
2. the accumulation of blood in an organ
3. any of the three persons of the Godhead constituting the Trinity especially the person of Christ in which divine and human natures are united
4. (metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality
Familiarity information: HYPOSTASIS used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The suppression of a gene by the effect of an unrelated gene
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
epistasis; hypostasis
Hypernyms ("hypostasis" is a kind of...):
biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The accumulation of blood in an organ
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("hypostasis" is a kind of...):
activity; bodily function; bodily process; body process (an organic process that takes place in the body)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Any of the three persons of the Godhead constituting the Trinity especially the person of Christ in which divine and human natures are united
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
hypostasis; hypostasis of Christ
Hypernyms ("hypostasis" is a kind of...):
Almighty; Creator; Divine; God Almighty; Godhead; Jehovah; Lord; Maker (terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God)
Instance hyponyms:
Father; Father-God; Fatherhood (God when considered as the first person in the Trinity)
Logos; Son; Word (the divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus))
Holy Ghost; Holy Spirit; Paraclete (the third person in the Trinity; Jesus promised the Apostles that he would send the Holy Spirit after his Crucifixion and Resurrection; it came on Pentecost)
Holonyms ("hypostasis" is a member of...):
Blessed Trinity; Holy Trinity; Sacred Trinity; Trinity (the union of the Father and Son and Holy Ghost in one Godhead)
Sense 4
Meaning:
(metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("hypostasis" is a kind of...):
center; centre; core; essence; gist; heart; heart and soul; inwardness; kernel; marrow; meat; nitty-gritty; nub; pith; substance; sum (the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience)
Domain category:
metaphysics (the philosophical study of being and knowing)
Derivation:
hypostatize (construe as a real existence, of a conceptual entity)
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