heteroousia

noun

het·​ero·​ou·​sia

¦hetərō¦üzēə,

-üsēə,

-üzh(ē)ə,

-üsh(ē)ə

variants or less commonly heterousia

¦hetə¦rü-

: difference in essence or substance

Word History

Etymology

Late Greek, from Greek hetero-, heter- heter- + ousia

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