hypocatastasis
English edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Apparently hypo- + catastasis, but I don't see the relevance in meaning.”)
Noun edit
hypocatastasis (countable and uncountable, plural hypocatastases)
- (uncountable, rhetoric) The implication or declaration of a comparison that does not directly invoke both objects of the comparison.
- (countable, rhetoric) The word or phrase used in this way; an implied comparison.