# phrastic

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. The component of meaning in a sentence independent of mood or force.

## Etymology
Coined by Richard Mervyn Hare in The Language of Morals in 1952

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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