syncategorematic

• Terme technique en logique et en linguistique désignant un mot qui ne peut pas être utilisé seul comme terme, mais doit être employé en combinaison avec un autre terme (par exemple, 'chaque', 'certain', 'et').

A technical term in logic and linguistics describing a word that cannot stand alone as a term but must be used in conjunction with another term (e.g., 'every', 'some', 'and').

1. Dependent term in logicC2formal

   Describing a word or term that cannot function as a subject or predicate on its own but must be used together with other terms in a logical proposition.

   Terme syncatégorématique

   • In logic, 'every' is a syncategorematic term because it requires a noun to form a complete expression.
   • The word 'and' is syncategorematic, as it only has meaning when connecting other terms.
   • Philosophers debate whether syncategorematic words have independent meaning.

   Antonymescategorematic