Etymology

categorematic

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Today it means: Capable of being employed alone as a term. Full definition →

Ancient Greek κατηγόρημα
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκατηγόρημα“a predicate”
  2. English todaycategorematic

From Ancient Greek κατηγόρημα (katēgórēma, “a predicate”) + -atic.

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