Library / English Dictionary

CATEGOREME

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 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 ("categoreme" is a kind of...):

term (one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition)

Antonym:

syncategoreme (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)

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