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syncategoreme

DEFINITIONS OF: syncategoreme

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n 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
Synonyms:
syncategorem
Antonyms:
categorem, categoreme
a categorematic expression; a term capable of standing alone as the subject or predicate of a logical proposition
Type of:
word
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
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