categorematic
Traditional Logic. of or relating to a word having independent meaning so that it can be used as a term in a proposition.
Contemporary Logic. of or relating to a word or symbol having an independent meaning apart from the context of other words or symbols.
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In common speech an adjective may stand by itself as a predicate, and so might be said to be categorematic.
Logic, Inductive and Deductive | William MintoIn the proposition, 'Of' was used more indefinitely three hundred years ago than it is now, 'of' is categorematic.
Logic | Carveth ReadThus words are classified as categorematic or Syncategorematic.
Logic | Carveth ReadA nice point is whether the Adjective is categorematic or syncategorematic.
Logic, Inductive and Deductive | William MintoA word that can stand by itself as a term is said to be categorematic.
Logic, Inductive and Deductive | William Minto
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