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Definition of Categorematic
1. Adjective. Of a term or phrase capable of standing as the subject or (especially) the predicate of a proposition.
Similar to: Autosemantic
Derivative terms: Categorem, Categoreme
Antonyms: Syncategorematic
Definition of Categorematic
1. a. Capable of being employed by itself as a term; -- said of a word.
Definition of Categorematic
1. Adjective. (logic) Of a word, capable of being employed by itself as a term, such as "man", unlike "many". ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Categorematic
Literary usage of Categorematic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Logic, Deductive and Inductive by Carveth Read (1898)
"A word is categorematic if used singly as a term without the support of other
words : it is Syncategorematic when joined with other words in order to ..."
2. An Elementary Handbook of Logic by John Joseph Toohey (1918)
"A categorematic word is a word which by itself has a determinate signification;
eg "tiger," "red," "humanity." A syncategorematic word is a word which has a ..."
3. Logic by J. Lacy O'Byrne Croke (1906)
"Hence, by the older logicians, the Term was called a categorematic word (from
... 1 A mixed word is categorematic in 1 Such a proposition as the former, ..."
4. Logic in Its Application to Language by Robert Gordon Latham (1856)
"To proceed: the categorematic words which can form predicates only may, ...
categorematic Words Nominal (Subjective) and Quasi-Nominal (Predicative). ..."
5. Logic in the Application to Language by Robert Gordon Latham (1856)
"categorematic words fall into two divisions, according to the kind of term they
are capable of forming. ... categorematic Words Subjective or Predicative. ..."
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