| Noun | 1. | categorem - a categorematic expression; a term capable of standing alone as the subject or predicate of a logical proposition; "names are called categorems" term - one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition; "the major term of a syllogism must occur twice" syncategorem, syncategoreme - a syncategorematic expression; a word that cannot be used alone as a term in a logical proposition; "logical quantifiers, adverbs, prepositions, and conjunctions are called syncategoremes" |