Categorematic

Cat`e`gor`e`mat´ic

a.

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(Logic.) Capable of being employed by itself as a term; - said of a word.

Thesaurus

Adj.

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categorematic - of a term or phrase capable of standing as the subject or (especially) the predicate of a proposition logic - the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference 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; "`or' is a syncategorematic term"