- Singular Term
It refers to one thing.
- General Term
It refers to a number of similar things and is usually expressed in the singular. For example: Book, animal, student etc.
- Concrete and Abstract Term
A concrete term refers to anything protesting attributes. For example; Pen, torch, shop etc.
An abstract term is the quantity or attributes of a person or thing. For example: Polite, rude, honest, beauty.
- Positive and Negative Term
A positive term suggests presence of an attribute or group of attribute. Example; True, alive, intelligent etc.
A negative term suggests the absence of an attribute. Example; Un confortable, non-student, cold, dark, impatience etc.
- Private Term
It indicates the absence of an attribute above it presence was to be expected. Example: Father, blood, orphan etc.
- Contradictory and Contrary Term
Contradictory terms are two words which are mutually exclusive. That is, incapable of being educated at the same time about the subject. Example: Human and in-human, wise and unwise, national and in national; black and non-black etc.
Contrary terms are two words most opposed to one another other the same class. Example: Happy and sad, bright and dull, smooth and rough etc.
- Collective and Distributive Term
Collective terms refer to a group of persons or things as seen as acting together. Example: Broom team.
Distributive terms refer to members of a thing or individual persons. Example: Board of directors.
- Correlative Term
These are two terms which are inherently related to each other through a common principle. Example: Husband and wife, teacher and student etc.
MEANING OF TERM
This is a collection of properties shared by all objects in a term.
This means stating what a term is by pointing out the individual extension.
