categorematic

categorematic
/kat'i gawr'euh mat"ik, -gor'-/, adj.
1. Traditional Logic. of or pertaining to a word having independent meaning so that it can be used as a term in a proposition.
2. Contemporary Logic. of or pertaining to a word or symbol having an independent meaning apart from the context of other words or symbols.
[1820-30; < Gk kategoremat-, s. of kategorema predicate (in logic), accusation, charge (equiv. to kategore-, var. s. of kategoreîn to predicate, prove (see CATEGORY) + -ma n. suffix) + -IC]

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