categorematic

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

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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.

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Word History and Origins

1820–30; < Greek �첹��ŧ��ǰ�ŧ��-, stem of �첹��ŧ��ǰ�ŧ�� predicate (in logic), accusation, charge (equivalent to �첹��ŧ��ǰ�ŧ-, variant stem of �첹��ŧ��ǰ��î�� to predicate, prove ( category ) + -ma noun suffix) + -ic

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

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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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Verbs also are categorematic, but only in three of their moods, the Indicative, the Infinitive, and the Potential.

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On the other hand, all substantives may be used categorematically; and the same self-sufficiency is usually recognised in adjectives and participles.

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A term then may be said to be a categorematic word or collection of words, that is to say, one which can be used by itself as a predicate.

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catechumen categorial

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