[], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- In the work of American philosopher C. S. Peirce (1839-1914): having the nature of a rheme; expressing a particular concept or idea.

- Of a part of a sentence: that provides new information about the theme or topic of an utterance or discourse, carrying the most pragmatically significant semantic content; that constitutes a rheme.


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Origin:
early 19th century (in an earlier sense). From Hellenistic Greek ῥηματικός from ancient Greek ῥηματ-, ῥῆμα word, verb + -ικός