CATEGORICAL

categoric, categorical, flat, unconditional

(adjective) not modified or restricted by reservations; “a categorical denial”; “a flat refusal”

categorical, categoric

(adjective) relating to or included in a category or categories

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

categorical (comparative more categorical, superlative most categorical)

absolute; having no exception

of, pertaining to, or using a category or categories

Synonyms

• (absolute; having no exception): absolute, categoric, unconditional

Antonyms

• (absolute; having no exception): exceptional, conditional, hypothetical, relative

Noun

categorical (plural categoricals)

(logic) A categorical proposition.

Source: Wiktionary


Cat`e*gor"ic*al, a.

1. Of or pertaining to a category.

2. Not hypothetical or relative; admitting no conditions or exceptions; declarative; absolute; positive; express; as, a categorical proposition, or answer. The scriptures by a multitude of categorical and intelligible decisions . . . distinguish between the things seen and temporal and those that are unseen and eternal. I. Taylor.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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