syncategorematic: Meaning and Definition of

syn•cat•e•gor•e•mat•ic

1. of or pertaining to a word that is part of a categorical proposition but is not a term, as all, some, is.
2. of or pertaining to a word or symbol that has no independent meaning and acquires meaning only in the context of other words or symbols, as the symbol ( or the word of. Cf.(def. 9).