NOUN | communication | syncategorem, syncategoreme | a syncategorematic expression |
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Meaning | A syncategorematic expression; a word that cannot be used alone as a term in a logical proposition. | |
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Example | "logical quantifiers, adverbs, prepositions, and conjunctions are called syncategoremes" | |
Synonym | syncategoreme | |
Broader | word | A unit of language that native speakers can identify |
Opposite | categorem, categoreme | A categorematic expression |
Adjectives | syncategorematic | 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 |
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