Designatum

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    That which is named or designated by a linguistic term.

    "I am inclined to hold that if there is a plurality of objects that fall under the designatum of a term, then that should be sufficient (though not necessary) to conclude that that is a general term, even when it has a singular occurrence in a sentence."

  2. 2
    something (whether existing or not) that is referred to by a linguistic expression wordnet

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"I am inclined to hold that if there is a plurality of objects that fall under the designatum of a term, then that should be sufficient (though not necessary) to conclude that that is a general term, even when it has a singular occurrence in a sentence."

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