categorematic

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

/ ˌkæt ɪˌgɔr əˈmæt ɪk, -ˌgɒr- /

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.

Nearby words

catechize, catechol, catecholamine, catechu, catechumen, categorematic, categorial, categorial grammar, categoric contact, categorical, categorical imperative

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

Examples from the Web for categorematic

A nice point is whether the Adjective is categorematic or syncategorematic.
Logic, Inductive and Deductive|William Minto
In common speech an adjective may stand by itself as a predicate, and so might be said to be Categorematic.
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