Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to the nature of a substantive.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or having the character of a substantive.
- Independent or self-dependent.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a substantive; of the nature of substantive.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective grammar Of or pertaining to a
substantive .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to or having the nature or function of a substantive (i.e. a noun or noun equivalent)
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Examples
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Anything whatever can be introduced into discussion by means of a singular, definitely identifying substantival expression ¦.
Jamestown 2009
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And this is not the end of the matter, for it does not address the issue of such substantival terms as ˜blood™ and
Jamestown 2009
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And on the other hand, it is plain that they may be ˜introduced into discussion™ by way of plural substantival expressions, e.g. by the definite description ˜the beavers in Lake Superior™ or even by the demonstrative ˜those beavers™.
Jamestown 2009
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The qualification ˜substantival predicate-expressions™ above is suggested by an issue noted by Frege, who writes that
Jamestown 2009
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Turning an adjectival similarity relation into a substantival one having the form of an identity statement yields an identity statement in name only.
Relative Identity Deutsch, Harry 2007
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One strategy, then, for undermining the idea that a category is substantival is to highlight the multiplicity of individuals and categories "in between" the primary category and its implicit opposite.
Feminist Metaphysics Haslanger, Sally 2007
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G. G.ach used the expression ˜substantival™ to characterize the kinds of term F and G.are.
Sortals Grandy, Richard E. 2007
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Geach did not use the word ˜sortal™ but most commentators identify his notion of a ˜substantival expression™ with ˜sortal™ in the other writers.
Sortals Grandy, Richard E. 2007
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Reply: The distinction between identity and similarity statements (or sentences) is usually drawn in terms of the distinction between substantival and adjectival common nouns.
Relative Identity Deutsch, Harry 2007
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Even if it were possible for self-consciousness to be illusory, its mere occurrence is enough to refute those who take the view that the notion of a substantival self is as 'meaningless' as the notion of an unknowable substratum of material things.
Campbell on Self-Consciousness and the Substantival Self 2006
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