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    SYNCATEGOREME

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A syncategorematic expression; a word that cannot be used alone as a term in a logical propositionplay

    Example:

    logical quantifiers, adverbs, prepositions, and conjunctions are called syncategoremes

    Synonyms:

    syncategorem; syncategoreme

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("syncategoreme" is a kind of...):

    word (a unit of language that native speakers can identify)

    Antonym:

    categoreme (a categorematic expression; a term capable of standing alone as the subject or predicate of a logical proposition)

    Derivation:

    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)

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