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categorematic

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

adjective

  1. Traditional Logic. of or relating to a word having independent meaning so that it can be used as a term in a proposition.
  2. Contemporary Logic. of or relating to a word or symbol having an independent meaning apart from the context of other words or symbols.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of categorematic1

1820–30; < Greek katēgorēmat-, stem of katēgorēma predicate (in logic), accusation, charge (equivalent to katēgorē-, variant stem of katēgoreîn to predicate, prove ( category ) + -ma noun suffix) + -ic
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Example Sentences

In common speech an adjective may stand by itself as a predicate, and so might be said to be Categorematic.

In the proposition, 'Of' was used more indefinitely three hundred years ago than it is now, 'of' is categorematic.

Thus words are classified as Categorematic or Syncategorematic.

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

A word that can stand by itself as a term is said to be Categorematic.

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