syncategorematic
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
6
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Needing other terms in order to make a meaningful constituent of language.
Example Sentences
- "In a logical theory, tautologies could be regarded as being syncategorematic and contingencies as being categorematic."
- "In sum, it is not clear how the distinction between categorematic and syncategorematic terms, so natural in the framework of a term logic, can be extended to a post-Fregean function/argument conception of propositional structure."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱómder.? Proto-Indo-European *sem-der.? Proto-Hellenic *ksún Ancient Greek σύν (sún) Ancient Greek σῠν- (sŭn-)der. English syn- English categorematic English syncategorematic From syn- + categorematic.
Inflected Forms
more syncategorematic (comparative)
most syncategorematic (superlative)
syncategorematical (alternative)