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categorematic

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cat⋅e⋅gor⋅e⋅mat⋅ic

  [kat-i-gawr-uh-mat-ik, -gor-]
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–adjective
1. Traditional Logic. of or pertaining to a word having independent meaning so that it can be used as a term in a proposition.
2. Contemporary Logic. of or pertaining to a word or symbol having an independent meaning apart from the context of other words or symbols.
Origin:
1820–30; < Gk katēgorēmat-, s. of katēgorēma predicate (in logic), accusation, charge (equiv. to katēgorē-, var. s. of katēgoreîn to predicate, prove (see category ) + -ma n. suffix) + -ic
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