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hypostatic

/haɪpəˈstætɪk/

hypostatic adjective: pertaining to hypostasis, especially with reference to hypostatic union.

Adjective

hypostatic (comparative more hypostatic, superlative most hypostatic)

  1. Pertaining to hypostasis, especially with reference to hypostatic union.
    • The grand doctrine of the chymists, touching their three hypostatical principles.1661, Robert Boyle, The Sceptical Chymist, "A Præface Introductory"
  2. Personal, or distinctly personal; relating to the divine hypostases, or substances.
    • The hypostatic union, as it is called, the perfect and complete union of two whole and perfect natures in the person of Jesus Christ, underlies this apparent paradox1659, John Pearson, Exposition of the Creed
  3. Pertaining to hypostasis; depending upon, or due to, deposition or setting.
    • hypostatic congestion, due to setting of blood by gravitation
  4. Of a gene, affected by hypostasis.

hypostatic meaning in Tamil and Urdu

hypostatic in Tamil

உபபரநிலைக்குரிய

hypostatic in Urdu

اساسی, تلچھٹی, ذاتی

Forms of hypostatic

comparativemore hypostatic
superlativemost hypostatic

Origin of hypostatic

Borrowed from Latin hypostaticus, from Ancient Greek ὑποστατικός (hupostatikós), from ὑποστατός (hupostatós). Equivalent to hypostasis + -tic.

Words formed from hypostatic

Phrases with hypostatic

Questions about hypostatic

What does hypostatic mean?
Hypostatic means pertaining to hypostasis, especially with reference to hypostatic union.
What is hypostatic in Tamil?
Hypostatic in Tamil is உபபரநிலைக்குரிய. See Hypostatic meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hypostatic?
Hypostatic is an adjective.
How do you pronounce hypostatic?
Hypostatic is pronounced /haɪpəˈstætɪk/.

Words near hypostatic in the dictionary

  1. hypostasize
  2. hypostasized
  3. hypostasizes
  4. hypostasizing
  5. hypostasy
  6. hypostatic
  7. hypostatic union
  8. hypostatic unions
  9. hypostatical
  10. hypostatically
  11. hypostatisation

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hypostatic (page history and authors); hypostatic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hypostatic (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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