syncategorematic en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱómder.? Proto-Indo-European *sem-der.? Proto-Hellenic *ksún Ancient Greek σύν (sún) Ancient Greek σῠν- (sŭn-)der. English syn- English categorematic English syncategorematic From syn- + categorematic.
Meanings
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(of a term) 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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more syncategorematic | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| syncategorematical | alternative | lexicographic | |
| most syncategorematic | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
syncategorematicity · syncategorematically
Relateds
syncategoreme · logical constant
Translations (5)
it sincategorematico (Translations) · fi synkategoremaattinen (Translations) · cmn 虚词 (Translations) · oc sincategorematic (Translations) · pl synkategorematyczny (Translations)