SYNCATEGOREMATIC


Meaning of SYNCATEGOREMATIC in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌsin-ˌka-tə-ˌgȯr-ə-ˈma-tik, -ˌgȯr-ē- ]

adjective

Etymology: Late Latin syncategoremat-, syncategorema syncategorematic term, from Greek synkatēgorēma, from synkatēgorein to predicate jointly, from syn- + katēgorein to predicate — more at category

Date: 1827

: forming a meaningful expression only in conjunction with a denotative expression (as a content word)

logical operators and function words are syncategorematic

• syn·cat·e·gor·e·mat·i·cal·ly -ti-k(ə-)lē adverb

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