Syncategorematic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Syncategorematic is an adjective meaning (linguistics, of a term) Needing other terms in order to make a meaningful constituent of language.
Meaning
(linguistics, of a term) Needing other terms in order to make a meaningful constituent of language.
Example Sentences
In a logical theory, tautologies could be regarded as being syncategorematic and contingencies as being categorematic.
In sum, it is not clear how the distinction between categorematic and syncategorematic terms, so natural in the framework of a term logic, can be extended to a post-Fregean function/argument conception of propositional structure.
Word Forms
- syncategorematical
Antonyms for syncategorematic
Common opposites include categorematic.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include syncategoremic, syncategorematical, synsemantic, endocentric, syndetic, omnicomparativist.
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