syncategorematic
syncategorematic adjective: needing other terms in order to make a meaningful constituent of language.
Adjective
syncategorematic (comparative more syncategorematic, superlative most syncategorematic)
- Needing other terms in order to make a meaningful constituent of language.
- 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.2009, John MacFarlane, “Logical Constants”, in Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, retrieved 07 May 2012
Antonyms of syncategorematic
Forms of syncategorematic
| comparative | more syncategorematic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most syncategorematic |
| alternative form | syncategorematical |
Origin of syncategorematic
From syn- + categorematic.
Words formed from syncategorematic
Questions about syncategorematic
- What does syncategorematic mean?
- Syncategorematic means needing other terms in order to make a meaningful constituent of language.
- What part of speech is syncategorematic?
- Syncategorematic is an adjective.
Words near syncategorematic in the dictionary
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