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synsemantic

synsemantic adjective: having a meaning only when in the company of other words.

Adjective

synsemantic (not comparable)

  1. Having a meaning only when in the company of other words.
    • Here autosemantic symbols are understood as referring singly or distributively to independent particulars, whereas synsemantic symbols function merely as parts of autosemantic symbols.1970, Stephan Körner, Categorial frameworks, page 20

Antonyms of synsemantic

Origin of synsemantic

From syn- + semantic.

Questions about synsemantic

What does synsemantic mean?
Synsemantic means having a meaning only when in the company of other words.
What part of speech is synsemantic?
Synsemantic is an adjective.

Words near synsemantic in the dictionary

  1. synsacral
  2. synsacrum
  3. synsacrums
  4. synsedimentarily
  5. synsedimentary
  6. synsemantic
  7. synsepalous
  8. synset
  9. synsets
  10. synstatin
  11. synstigmatic

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