CATEGOREMATIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does categorematic mean? 

• CATEGOREMATIC (adjective)
  The adjective CATEGOREMATIC has 1 sense:

1. of a term or phrase capable of standing as the subject or (especially) the predicate of a proposition

  Familiarity information: CATEGOREMATIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CATEGOREMATIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of a term or phrase capable of standing as the subject or (especially) the predicate of a proposition

Similar:

autosemantic (of a word or phrase meaningful in isolation, independent of context)

Domain category:

logic (the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference)

Antonym:

syncategorematic (of a term that cannot stand as the subject or (especially) the predicate of a proposition but must be used in conjunction with other terms)

Derivation:

categorem; categoreme (a categorematic expression; a term capable of standing alone as the subject or predicate of a logical proposition)