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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cat•e•gor•e•mat•ic (kat′i gôr′ə mat′ik, -gor′-),USA pronunciation adj. - Philosophy[Traditional Logic.]of or pertaining to a word having independent meaning so that it can be used as a term in a proposition.
- Philosophy[Contemporary Logic.]of or pertaining to a word or symbol having an independent meaning apart from the context of other words or symbols.
- Greek katēgorēmat-, stem of katēgorēma predicate (in logic), accusation, charge (equivalent. to katēgorē-, variant stem of katēgoreîn to predicate, prove (see category) + -ma noun, nominal suffix) + -ic
- 1820–30
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