hypostasis
noun
/haɪˈpɑstəsɪs/
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/haɪˈpɒstəsɪs/
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- (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.]
- (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.
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hypostaasi
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- (genetics) The effect of one gene preventing another from expressing. [from 20th c.]
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hypostasia
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- (medicine, now, historical) A sedimentary deposit, especially in urine. [from 14th c.]
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pohjasakka,
sedimentti
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