Etymology

hypocatastasis

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Today it means: The implication or declaration of a comparison that does not directly invoke both objects of the comparison. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ὑποκατάστασις
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromὑποκατάστασις“substitution”
  2. English todayhypocatastasis

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

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