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hypocatastasis

hypocatastasis noun: the implication or declaration of a comparison that does not directly invoke both objects of the comparison.

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.

Forms of hypocatastasis

pluralhypocatastases

Origin of hypocatastasis

From Ancient Greek ὑποκατάστασις (hupokatástasis, “substitution”).

Questions about hypocatastasis

What does hypocatastasis mean?
Hypocatastasis means the implication or declaration of a comparison that does not directly invoke both objects of the comparison.
What part of speech is hypocatastasis?
Hypocatastasis is a noun.
What is the plural of hypocatastasis?
The plural of hypocatastasis is hypocatastases.

Words near hypocatastasis in the dictionary

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

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