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CATEGOREM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A categorematic expression; a term capable of standing alone as the subject or predicate of a logical proposition
Example:
names are called categorems
Synonyms:
categorem; categoreme
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("categorem" is a kind of...):
term (one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition)
Antonym:
syncategorem (a syncategorematic expression; a word that cannot be used alone as a term in a logical proposition)
Derivation:
categorematic (of a term or phrase capable of standing as the subject or (especially) the predicate of a proposition)