sortaladj.n.

Etymology: < sort n.² + -al suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsortal.

Of or belonging to a particular sort or kind. Also as n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > [adjective]

sortal1690

1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iii. iii. 195 That abstract Idea, which the General, or Sortal (if I may have leave so to call it from Sort, as I do General from Genus) Name stands for.

1959 P. F. Strawson Individuals v. 168 I shall draw a rough distinction..between two kinds of non-relational tie which bind particulars and universals. This is the distinction between sortal and characterizing universals.

1975 Times Lit. Suppl. 28 Feb. 215/3 The orthodox Fregean and Russellian view that the sortals ‘man’, ‘woman’, ‘cat’ are predicables and not names.

1980 D. Wiggins Sameness & Substance 7 Any predicate whose extension consists..of all the particular things or substances of one particular kind, say horses, or sheep, or pruning knives, will be called here a sortal predicate.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	sortal
释义	sortaladj.n. Etymology: < sort n.² + -al suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsortal. Of or belonging to a particular sort or kind. Also as n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > [adjective] sortal1690 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iii. iii. 195 That abstract Idea, which the General, or Sortal (if I may have leave so to call it from Sort, as I do General from Genus) Name stands for. 1959 P. F. Strawson Individuals v. 168 I shall draw a rough distinction..between two kinds of non-relational tie which bind particulars and universals. This is the distinction between sortal and characterizing universals. 1975 Times Lit. Suppl. 28 Feb. 215/3 The orthodox Fregean and Russellian view that the sortals ‘man’, ‘woman’, ‘cat’ are predicables and not names. 1980 D. Wiggins Sameness & Substance 7 Any predicate whose extension consists..of all the particular things or substances of one particular kind, say horses, or sheep, or pruning knives, will be called here a sortal predicate. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.n.1690
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