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.

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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Thus words are classified as Categorematic or Syncategorematic.

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

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

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