Hypostasis, hypostatic, or hypostatization (hypostatisation; from the Ancient Greek , "under state") may refer to: *

Hypostasis (philosophy and religion) Hypostasis (Greek: ὑπόστασις, ''hypóstasis'') is the underlying state or underlying substance and is the fundamental reality that supports all else. In Neoplatonism the hypostasis of the soul, the intellect (''nous'') and " the one" was ...

, the essence or underlying reality **

Hypostasis (linguistics) In linguistics, a hypostasis (from the Greek word ὑπόστασις meaning ''foundation'', ''base'' or ''that which stands behind'') is a relationship between a name and a known quantity, as a cultural personification (i.e. objectification wit ...

, personification of entities ** Hypostasis (literature), awareness by a fictional character that their world is fictional ** ''

Hypostasis of the Archons The ''Hypostasis of the Archons'' or ''The Reality of the Rulers'' is an exegesis on the ''Book of Genesis'' 1–6 and expresses Gnostic mythology of the divine creators of the cosmos and humanity. Text's origin and content The text was found ...

'', a Gnostic text **

Hypostatic model of personality The hypostatic model of personality is a view asserting that humans present themselves in many different aspects or wikt:hypostasis, hypostases, depending on the internal and external realities they relate to, including different approaches to the ...

, a psychological model, or theory, of personality masks **

Hypostatic union ''Hypostatic union'' (from the Greek: ''hypóstasis'', "sediment, foundation, substance, subsistence") is a technical term in Christian theology employed in mainstream Christology to describe the union of Christ's humanity and divinity in one h ...

, a Christian concept * Hypostasis, a type of boss enemy in the video game ''

Genshin Impact ''Genshin Impact'' is an action role-playing game developed and published by miHoYo. It was released for Android, iOS, PlayStation 4, and Windows in 2020, on PlayStation 5 in 2021, and is set for release on Nintendo Switch. The game feature ...

'' * Hypostasis (''

livor mortis Livor mortis (Latin: ''līvor'' – "bluish color, bruise", ''mortis'' – "of death"), postmortem lividity (Latin: ''postmortem'' – "after death", ''lividity'' – "black and blue"), hypostasis (Greek: ὑπό, ''hypo'', meaning "under, bene ...

''), corpse's discoloration * Hypostatic abstraction (mathematics and logic) *

Hypostatic gene A hypostatic gene is one whose phenotype is altered by the expression of an allele at a separate locus, in an epistasis event. Example: In labrador retrievers, the chocolate coat colour is a result of homozygosity for a gene that is epistatic to ...

, as a result of epistasis * Holding current (electronics), or the ''hypostatic'' current * Reification (fallacy), where ''hypostasis'' identifies a reified thing, and ''hypostatization'' refers to the thought process *

Sediment Sediment is a naturally occurring material that is broken down by processes of weathering and erosion, and is subsequently transported by the action of wind, water, or ice or by the force of gravity acting on the particles. For example, sa ...

in a liquid, including: **

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