Definition of Syncategorematic

1. Adjective. 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. "`or' is a syncategorematic term"

Category relationships: Logic
Similar to: Synsemantic
Antonyms: Categorematic
Derivative terms: Syncategorem, Syncategoreme

Definition of Syncategorematic

1. a. Not capable of being used as a term by itself; -- said of words, as an adverb or preposition.

Definition of Syncategorematic

1. Adjective. (context: linguistics of a term) Needing other terms in order to make a meaningful constituent of language. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Syncategorematic

synaxes
synaxis
synbio
synbiotic
sync
syncarid
syncarids
syncarp
syncarpia
syncarpies
syncarpium
syncarpous
syncarps
syncarpy
syncategorem
syncategorematic (current term)
syncategorematically
syncategoreme
synced
synch
synched
synchicity
synching
synchondrosis
synchondrotomy
synchoresis
synchro
synchrocyclotron
synchrocyclotrons
synchroflash

Literary usage of Syncategorematic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Elementary Handbook of Logic by John Joseph Toohey (1918)
"A syncategorematic word is a word which has a determinate signification only when used along with another word; eg "every," "as," "from," "by. ..."

2. Logic, Deductive and Inductive by Carveth Read (1898)
"... if used singly as a term without the support of other words : it is syncategorematic when joined with other words in order to constitute the subject or ..."

3. Vocabulary of Philosophy: Psychological, Ethical, Metaphysical, with by William Fleming, Henry Calderwood (1890)
"Adverbs, Prepositions, &c., and also Nouns in any other case besides the Nominative, are syncategorematic, ie, can only form part of a Term " (Whately, ..."

4. Logic by J. Lacy O'Byrne Croke (1906)
"Adverbs, prepositions, and nouns in any other case than the nominative, are syncategorematic. All verbs other than the infinitive, the participle, ..."

5. A Manual of Logic by James Welton (1896)
"9), forgetting that to speak of a ' syncategorematic Term' is to violate, in language, the Law of Contradiction (nee § 18). ..."

6. An Elementary Handbook of Logic by John Joseph Toohey (1918)
"A syncategorematic word is a word which has a determinate signification only when used along with another word; eg "every," "as," "from," "by. ..."

7. Logic, Deductive and Inductive by Carveth Read (1898)
"... if used singly as a term without the support of other words : it is syncategorematic when joined with other words in order to constitute the subject or ..."

8. Vocabulary of Philosophy: Psychological, Ethical, Metaphysical, with by William Fleming, Henry Calderwood (1890)
"Adverbs, Prepositions, &c., and also Nouns in any other case besides the Nominative, are syncategorematic, ie, can only form part of a Term " (Whately, ..."

9. Logic by J. Lacy O'Byrne Croke (1906)
"Adverbs, prepositions, and nouns in any other case than the nominative, are syncategorematic. All verbs other than the infinitive, the participle, ..."

10. A Manual of Logic by James Welton (1896)
"9), forgetting that to speak of a ' syncategorematic Term' is to violate, in language, the Law of Contradiction (nee § 18). ..."

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