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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"

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

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Syncategorematic

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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