syntaxic

adjective

syn·​tax·​ic

sə̇n‧ˈtaksik

: characterized by or relating to a mode of experience or symbolic behavior that relates symbols and referents, speech and action, subject and object in a sequentially logical and interpersonally or publicly verifiable manner compare prototaxic

Word History

Etymology

syn- + -taxic (as in parataxic)

First Known Use

1945, in the meaning defined above

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