categorical

[ kat-i-gawr-i-kuhl, -gor- ]
/ ˌkæt ɪˈgɔr ɪ kəl, -ˈgɒr- /
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adjective

without exceptions or conditions; absolute; unqualified and unconditional: a categorical denial.
Logic.
  1. (of a proposition) analyzable into a subject and an attribute related by a copula, as in the proposition “All humans are mortal.”
  2. (of a syllogism) having categorical propositions as premises.
of, relating to, or in a category.
Also cat·e·gor·ic.

Origin of categorical

1590–1600; < Late Latin catēgoric(us) (< Greek katēgorikós; see category, -ic) + -al1

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Words nearby categorical

catechumen, categorematic, categorial, categorial grammar, categoric contact, categorical, categorical imperative, categorize, category, category a, category d

Words related to categorically

doubtless, precisely, unconditionally, exactly, unquestionably, actually, definitely, surely, truly, positively, really, easily, certainly, emphatically, undoubtedly, firmly, absolutely, indeed, well, literally

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British Dictionary definitions for categorically

categorical

categoric

/ (ˌkætɪˈɡɒrɪkəl) /

adjective

unqualified; positive; unconditional a categorical statement
relating to or included in a category
logic another word for categorial

Derived forms of categorical

categorically, adverb categoricalness, noun