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synsemantic

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Etymology

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From syn- +‎ semantic.

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synsemantic (not comparable)

  1. (linguistics) Having a meaning only when in the company of other words.
    • 1970, Stephan Körner, Categorial frameworks, page 20:
      Here autosemantic symbols are understood as referring singly or distributively to independent particulars, whereas synsemantic symbols function merely as parts of autosemantic symbols.

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