categorical

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Pronunciation

/ˌkætəˈɡɒɹɪk(ə)l/

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/ˌkætəˈɡɒɹɪk(ə)l/ · /ˌkætəˈɡɔɹɪk(ə)l/ · /ˌkæhəˈɡaɹɪk(ə)l/ · /ˌkæʔəˈɡaɹɪk(ə)l/ · /ˈkaʈəɡərɪkəl/

Definition of categorical

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

Absolute; having no exception.

“We now see that they [propositions] are either conditional or unconditional, or, as the logicians say, hypothetical (conditional) or categorical (unconditional).”
“Daytime interests are clearly not such far-reaching psychical sources of dreams as might have been expected from the categorical assertions that everyone continues to carry on his daily business in his dreams.”

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adj

Absolute; having no exception.

“We now see that they [propositions] are either conditional or unconditional, or, as the logicians say, hypothetical (conditional) or categorical (unconditional).”
“Daytime interests are clearly not such far-reaching psychical sources of dreams as might have been expected from the categorical assertions that everyone continues to carry on his daily business in his dreams.”
Of, pertaining to, or using a category or categories.

noun

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

From Late Latin catēgoricus + -al. By surface analysis, category + -ical.

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