Dictionary![]() ![]() syn•cat•e•gor•e•mat•icPronunciation: (sin-kat"i-gôr"u-mat'ik, -gor"-), [key] —adj. 1. Traditional Logic.of or pertaining to a word that is part of a categorical proposition but is not a term, as all, some, is. 2. Contemporary Logic.of or pertaining to a word or symbol that has no independent meaning and acquires meaning only in the context of other words or symbols, as the symbol ( or the word of. Cf. term (def. 9). Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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