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Meaning of SYNCATEGOREMATIC

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  (logic) 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"
 
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 Synonyms: synsemantic
 
 Antonyms: categorematic
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Syn*cat`e*gor`e*mat"ic\, a. [Gr. ?; sy`n with
+ ? a predicate. See {Syn-}, and {Categorematic}.] (Logic)
Not capable of being used as a term by itself; -- said of
words, as an adverb or preposition.
 
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