categorematic

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

/ ˌkæt ɪˌgɔr əˈmæt ɪk, -ˌgɒr- /

adjective

Traditional Logic. of or relating to a word having independent meaning so that it can be used as a term in a proposition.

Contemporary Logic. of or relating to a word or symbol having an independent meaning apart from the context of other words or symbols.

Origin of categorematic

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

Words nearby categorematic

catechize, catechol, catecholamine, catechu, catechumen, categorematic, categorial, categorial grammar, categoric contact, categorical, categorical imperative

Example sentences from the Web for categorematic

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

Logic, Inductive and Deductive |William Minto
In common speech an adjective may stand by itself as a predicate, and so might be said to be Categorematic.

Logic, Inductive and Deductive |William Minto
A word that can stand by itself as a term is said to be Categorematic.

Logic, Inductive and Deductive |William Minto
A mixed term is, in the only useful sense of the word, Categorematic.

A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive |John Stuart Mill

Thus words are classified as Categorematic or Syncategorematic.

Logic |Carveth Read

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categorematic

adjective

Origin of categorematic

Words nearby categorematic

Example sentences from the Web for categorematic