syncategorematic

English

Alternative forms

• syncategorematical

Etymology

syn- +‎ categorematic

Adjective

syncategorematic (comparative more syncategorematic, superlative most syncategorematic)

1. (linguistics, 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.

   • 2009, John MacFarlane, “Logical Constants”, in Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy‎^[1], retrieved 2012-05-07:

     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.

Antonyms

• categorematic

Derived terms

• syncategorematically
• syncategorematicity

Related terms

• syncategoreme

Translations

Translations

• Italian: sincategorematico
• Mandarin: 虚词 (zh) (xūcí)
• Occitan: sincategorematic

See also

• logical constant