categorematic

[kat-i-gawr-uh-mat-ik, -gor-]

adjective

Traditional Logic. of or relating to a word having independent meaning so that it can be used as a term in a proposition.
Contemporary Logic. of or relating to a word or symbol having an independent meaning apart from the context of other words or symbols.

Origin of categorematic

1820–30; < Greek katēgorēmat-, stem of katēgorēma predicate (in logic), accusation, charge (equivalent to katēgorē-, variant stem of katēgoreîn to predicate, prove (see category) + -ma noun suffix) + -ic

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Examples from the Web for categorematic

Historical Examples of categorematic

A nice point is whether the Adjective is categorematic or syncategorematic.
Logic, Inductive and Deductive
William Minto
A word that can stand by itself as a term is said to be Categorematic.
Logic, Inductive and Deductive
William Minto
A mixed term is, in the only useful sense of the word, Categorematic.
A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive
John Stuart Mill
Thus words are classified as Categorematic or Syncategorematic.
Logic
Carveth Read
In the proposition, 'Of' was used more indefinitely three hundred years ago than it is now, 'of' is categorematic.
Logic
Carveth Read