predicativityn.
/ˌprɛdᵻkəˈtɪvᵻti/, U.S. /ˈˌprɛdəkəˈtɪvᵻdi/ Logic and Grammar.
Predicative nature or function; the quality of predicating something.
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predicativity1957
1957 Jrnl. Symbolic Logic 22 245 In fact, (1) may be conceived of as a definition (of x) that satisfies the main condition of predicativity: no bound variable occurring in the ‘definition’ admits of x as a value.
1966 Philos. Rev. 75 384 For each system in turn we examine the status of predicativity.
1991 D. Arnold et al. Ess. on Grammatical Theory & Universal Gram. Introd. 2 Potential referentiality, which is prototypically characteristic of nouns.., and potential predicativity, prototypically characteristic of verbs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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