designatumn.

Brit.

/ˈdɛzᵻɡneɪtəm/,

/ˈdɛzᵻɡnɑːtəm/, U.S.

/ˈdɛzɪɡˌneɪdəm/

Inflections: Plural designata.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin dēsignātum, dēsignāre.

Etymology: < classical Latin dēsignātum, neuter of past participle of dēsignāre to mark out, indicate (see design v.).

Philosophy.

The object or class of objects designated by a particular sign or symbol. Cf. denotatum n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > philosophy of language > meaning > [noun] > denotation > referent

designatum1923

1923 C. I. Lewis in Jrnl. Philos. 20 142 [We are] lacking some word to indicate this objective or designatum of a proposition.

1940 B. Russell Inq. into Meaning & Truth vii. 109 The designatum of ‘this’ is continually changing.

1958 W. Meyer & J. Wilkinson tr. R. Carnap Introd. Symb. Logic §20 The color red is the designatum of the French word ‘rouge’.

1983 J. Margolis in R. Copeland & M. Cohen What is Dance? v. 377 It is not..necessary..that the putative vocabulary of art be fixed;..what is necessary is that there be designata for relevant symbols.

2004 R. L. Gregory Oxf. Compan. to Mind (ed. 2) at Symbols Some [symbols that purport to designate] fail—for example, ‘Pegasus’—for want of a designatum.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	designatum
释义	designatumn. Brit. /ˈdɛzᵻɡneɪtəm/, /ˈdɛzᵻɡnɑːtəm/, U.S. /ˈdɛzɪɡˌneɪdəm/ Inflections: Plural designata. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin dēsignātum, dēsignāre. Etymology: < classical Latin dēsignātum, neuter of past participle of dēsignāre to mark out, indicate (see design v.). Philosophy. The object or class of objects designated by a particular sign or symbol. Cf. denotatum n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > philosophy of language > meaning > [noun] > denotation > referent designatum1923 1923 C. I. Lewis in Jrnl. Philos. 20 142 [We are] lacking some word to indicate this objective or designatum of a proposition. 1940 B. Russell Inq. into Meaning & Truth vii. 109 The designatum of ‘this’ is continually changing. 1958 W. Meyer & J. Wilkinson tr. R. Carnap Introd. Symb. Logic §20 The color red is the designatum of the French word ‘rouge’. 1983 J. Margolis in R. Copeland & M. Cohen What is Dance? v. 377 It is not..necessary..that the putative vocabulary of art be fixed;..what is necessary is that there be designata for relevant symbols. 2004 R. L. Gregory Oxf. Compan. to Mind (ed. 2) at Symbols Some [symbols that purport to designate] fail—for example, ‘Pegasus’—for want of a designatum. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1923
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