syncategorematic

[ sin-kat-i-gawr-uh-mat-ik, -gor- ]

adjective

1. Traditional Logic. of or relating to a word that is part of a categorical proposition but is not a term, as all, some, is.
2. Contemporary Logic. of or relating to a word or symbol that has no independent meaning and acquires meaning only in the context of other words or symbols, as the symbol ( or the word of. Compare term ( def 9 ).

syncategorematic

/ sɪnˌkætəˌɡɔːrəˈmætɪk /

adjective

1. philosophy applying to expressions that are not in any of Aristotle's categories, but form meaningful expressions together with them, such as conjunctions and adverbs

Word History and Origins

Origin of syncategorematic¹

1820–30; < Late Latin syncatēgorēmat-, stem of syncatēgorēma part of a discourse that needs another word to become fully intelligible ( syn-, categorematic ) + -ic

Example Sentences

A nice point is whether the Adjective is categorematic or syncategorematic.

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But, as we have seen, any of these kinds of word, substantive, adjective, or participle, may occur syncategorematically in connection with others to form a composite term.

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We may notice, too, that the relative pronoun, unlike the rest, is necessarily syncategorematic, for the same reason as the subjunctive mood.

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Mr. Fowler's words Subject and Attributive express practically the same distinction, except that Attributive is of narrower extent than syncategorematic.

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