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categorematic en · ADJ

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κατηγόρημα (katēgórēma, “a predicate”) + -atic.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, of a word) Capable of being employed alone as a term.
    • The word "man" is categorematic; the word "many" is not.

Antonyms

syncategorematic (antonym(s) of “logic, of a word”)

Deriveds

categorematically · syncategorematic

Translations (3)

pl kategorematyczny (capable of being employed alone) · fi kategoremaattinen (capable of being employed alone) · cmn 实词 (capable of being employed alone)