HyperDic: syncategoreme

English > 1 sense of the word syncategoreme:
NOUNcommunicationsyncategoreme, syncategorema syncategorematic expression
English > syncategoreme: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
MeaningA syncategorematic expression; a word that cannot be used alone as a term in a logical proposition.
Example"logical quantifiers, adverbs, prepositions, and conjunctions are called syncategoremes"
Synonymsyncategorem
BroaderwordA unit of language that native speakers can identify
Oppositecategorem, categoremeA categorematic expression
Adjectivessyncategorematicof 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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