noun
- in logic and philosophy, the five categories (genus, species, difference, property, accident) that can be predicated of a subject
Usage: philosophical; technical
Examples
- The philosopher explained the five predicables as fundamental logical categories.
- Students of logic must understand how predicables relate to subjects in propositions.
- Aristotle’s work on predicables influenced centuries of logical thought.
- The predicables help classify different types of predication in formal logic.
- Medieval scholars extensively studied and refined the theory of predicables.