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designatum Philos.|ˈdɛs-, ˈdɛzɪgneɪtəm|
Pl. -ata.
[f. L. dēsignātum, neut. pa. pple. of dēsignāre to mark out, indicate (see designate v.).]
The object or class of objects, whether existing or not, that a sign designates. (Cf. denotatum.)
1938[see denotatum]. 1940Jrnl. Religion July 266 No appeal to revelation can deliver a man from responsibility for determining the designata and denotata of the words he uses. 1940B. Russell Inquiry vii. 109 The designatum of ‘this’ is continually changing. 1958Meyer & Wilkinson tr. Carnap's Introd. Symb. Logic §20 The color red is the designatum of the French word ‘rouge’. 1964Language XL. 266 The designatum of the whole expression is a Boolean sum of the designata of the members. |