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hypocatastases

hypocatastases is the plural of hypocatastasis.

Meaning of hypocatastasis

Noun

hypocatastasis (countable and uncountable, plural hypocatastases)

  1. (rhetoric, uncountable) The implication or declaration of a comparison that does not directly invoke both objects of the comparison.
  2. (countable, rhetoric) The word or phrase used in this way; an implied comparison.

Questions about hypocatastases

What is hypocatastases the plural of?
Hypocatastases is the plural of hypocatastasis.

Words near hypocatastases in the dictionary

  1. hypocarp
  2. hypocarpia
  3. hypocarpium
  4. hypocarpogean
  5. hypocarps
  6. hypocatastases
  7. hypocatastasis
  8. hypocatastatic
  9. hypocaust
  10. hypocausts
  11. hypocellular

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