Meanings
- not comparablehuman sciencesCapable of being employed alone as a term.
The word "man" is categorematic; the word "many" is not.
Synonyms & antonyms
antonym(s) of “logic, of a word”
adjectiveof a term or phrase capable of standing as the subject or (especially) the predicate of a proposition
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekκατηγόρημα“a predicate”
- Englishcategorematic
From Ancient Greek κατηγόρημα (katēgórēma, “a predicate”) + -atic.
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Chinese Mandarin 实词
- 实词 (shící)capable of being employed alone
Finnish kategoremaattinen
- kategoremaattinencapable of being employed alone
Polish kategorematyczny
- kategorematycznycapable of being employed alone
Cite this entry
categorematic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/categorematic
“categorematic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/categorematic. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “categorematic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/categorematic.
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