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SYNCATEGOREME
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A syncategorematic expression; a word that cannot be used alone as a term in a logical proposition
Example:
logical quantifiers, adverbs, prepositions, and conjunctions are called syncategoremes
Synonyms:
syncategorem; syncategoreme
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("syncategoreme" is a kind of...):
word (a unit of language that native speakers can identify)
Antonym:
categoreme (a categorematic expression; a term capable of standing alone as the subject or predicate of a logical proposition)
Derivation:
syncategorematic (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)
