SYNCATEGOREM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does syncategorem mean? 

• SYNCATEGOREM (noun)
  The noun SYNCATEGOREM has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SYNCATEGOREM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SYNCATEGOREM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

syncategorem; syncategoreme

Context example:

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

Hypernyms ("syncategorem" is a kind of...):

word (a unit of language that native speakers can identify)

Antonym:

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

Derivation:

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)