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categorematic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cat-e-gore-mat-ic
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Capable of being employed alone as a term.

Example Sentences

  • "The word "man" is categorematic; the word "many" is not."

Etymology

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

Derived Forms

categorematically syncategorematic

Antonyms

syncategorematic

Questions

What does categorematic mean?
Capable of being employed alone as a term.
Where does categorematic come from?
From Ancient Greek κατηγόρημα (katēgórēma, “a predicate”) + -atic.

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