A word is Categorematicif used singly as a term without the support of other words: it is Syncategorematic when joined with other words in order to constitute the subject or predicate of a proposition.
Thus words are classified asCategorematic or Syncategorematic.
These words, "the place which the wisdom or policy of antiquity had destined for the residence of the Abyssinian princes," form in the estimation of the logician only one name; one Categorematic term.
A word which could be used either as the subject or predicate of a proposition without being accompanied by any other word, was termed by the same authorities a Categorematic term.
But if a term is a class, or the name of a class, it is not Categorematic in the above definition.
A nice point is whether the Adjective is categorematic or syncategorematic.
These words, “The place which the wisdom or policy of antiquity had destined for the residence of the Abyssinian princes,” form in the estimation of the logician only one name; one Categorematic term.
A term then may be said to be a categorematic word or collection of words, that is to say, one which can be used by itself as a predicate.
A Categorematic word is one which can be used by itself as a term.
These words, “the place which the wisdom or policy of antiquity had destined for the residence of the Abyssinian princes,” form in the estimation of the logician only one name; one Categorematic term.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "categorematic" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
