categorematic
/ˌkætəɡɔrəˈmætɪk/
adjective
- Describing a word that can function as a term in a logical proposition by itself, having independent meaning.
- Students struggled to understand why 'every' is not categorematic but 'man' is.
- In medieval logic, 'horse' is categorematic because it refers to a class of animals on its own.
- The word 'red' is categorematic; it can be the predicate in a sentence like 'The apple is red.'
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