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SYNCATEGOREMATIC

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of a term that cannot stand as the subject or (especially) the predicate of a proposition but must be used in conjunction with other terms

Example:

'or' is a syncategorematic term

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

synsemantic (of a word or phrase meaningful only when it occurs in the company of other words)

Domain category:

logic (the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference)

Antonym:

categorematic (of a term or phrase capable of standing as the subject or (especially) the predicate of a proposition)

Derivation:

syncategorem; syncategoreme (a syncategorematic expression; a word that cannot be used alone as a term in a logical proposition)

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