syncategorematic

Syn`cat`e`gor`e`mat´ic

a.

1.

(Logic) Not capable of being used as a term by itself; - said of words, as an adverb or preposition.

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syncategorematic

a word that cannot be used as a term in its own right in logic, as an adverb or preposition. — syncategorematic, adj.

See also: Language

Thesaurus

Adj.

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