categorematic
Americanadjective
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Traditional Logic. of or relating to a word having independent meaning so that it can be used as a term in a proposition.
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Contemporary Logic. of or relating to a word or symbol having an independent meaning apart from the context of other words or symbols.
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
Example Sentences
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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 Stock, St. George William Joseph
A nice point is whether the Adjective is categorematic or syncategorematic.
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William
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 Read, Carveth
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 Stock, St. George William Joseph
Verbs also are categorematic, but only in three of their moods, the Indicative, the Infinitive, and the Potential.
From Deductive Logic by Stock, St. George William Joseph
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