syncategorem 1

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Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

a syncategorematic expression; a word that cannot be used alone as a term in a logical proposition

Examples

1.logical quantifiers, adverbs, prepositions, and conjunctions are called syncategoremes

syncategoreme 1
a syncategorematic expression; a word that cannot be used alone as a term in a logical proposition

Antonym

noun

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

Derivationally related form

adjective

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