Synsemantic

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a meaning only when in the company of other words. not-comparable

    "Here autosemantic symbols are understood as referring singly or distributively to independent particulars, whereas synsemantic symbols function merely as parts of autosemantic symbols."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of a word or phrase meaningful only when it occurs in the company of other words wordnet

Synonyms

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syncategorematic

Example

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"Here autosemantic symbols are understood as referring singly or distributively to independent particulars, whereas synsemantic symbols function merely as parts of autosemantic symbols."

Etymology

From syn- + semantic.

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