categorematic

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[kat-i-gawr-uh-mat-ik, -gor-] / ˌkæt ɪˌgɔr əˈmæt ɪk, -ˌgɒr- /

adjective

1. Traditional Logic. of or relating to a word having independent meaning so that it can be used as a term in a proposition.

2. Contemporary Logic. of or relating to a word or symbol having an independent meaning apart from the context of other words or symbols.

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Etymology

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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categorematic

In the proposition, 'Of' was used more indefinitely three hundred years ago than it is now, 'of' is categorematic.

From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Carveth Read

A term then may be said to be a categorematic word or collection of words, that is to say, one which can be used by itself as a predicate.

From Deductive Logic by St. George William Joseph Stock

Classify the following words according as they are categorematic, syncategorematic or acategorematic;— come peradventure why through inordinately pshaw therefore circumspect puss grand inasmuch stop touch sameness back cage disconsolate candle.

From Deductive Logic by St. George William Joseph Stock

There is a sense in which every word may become categorematic, namely, when it is used simply as a word, to the neglect of its proper meaning.

From Deductive Logic by St. George William Joseph Stock

A nice point is whether the Adjective is categorematic or syncategorematic.

From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by William Minto

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