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categoreme

categoreme

9.9
A word that can stand alone as the main part of a logical statement, like the subject or predicate 'man'
  • noun
  • /ˈkætəˌɡɔːrim/
  • Specialized
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  • In classical logic, the word 'man' is a categoreme because it can function as a subject or predicate.

Examples

  • Articles like 'the' or 'and' are not categoremes because they cannot stand alone in propositions.

  • The distinction between categoremes and syncategoremes is important in medieval logic.

  • A categoreme can function as a subject in a sentence.

  • The term categoreme refers to a type of expression.

  • In classical logic, the term 'unicorn' is a categoreme because it can stand alone as a subject or predicate.

  • Words like 'dog' or 'happiness' are considered categoremes since they can represent complete ideas in logical statements.

  • In linguistic terms, a categoreme is any word that can act as the main subject in a logical argument.

Synonyms

categorem
vscategoreme
  • Specialized
9.9

A word that can stand alone as the subject or as the part after the verb in a logical sentence

is the same meaning but spelled with a final e

Antonyms

syncategoreme
  • Specialized
9.9

Words like and, in, or every that need other words to have meaning in logic

How Independent

categoreme
  • Specialized
9.9
word
∞ 1.0
clitic
  • Specialized
9.9
to affix
  • Specialized
1 6.4

Surface Forms

categoreme singular
categoremes plural

Etymology

Categoreme comes from the same root as category, from the Greek kategoria meaning 'statement' or 'predicate', so a categoreme is a word that can stand alone as the subject or predicate in a logical statement.