categorical

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Pronunciation

• (GA, Canada) IPA: /ˌkætəˈɡɔɹɪk(ə)l/

Adjective

categorical

1. absolute; having no exception
   • 1900, Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams, Avon Books, (translated by James Strachey) pg. 74:

     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.

2. 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

Related terms

• categoricity

Translations

• French: catégorique
• German: kategorisch
• Portuguese: categórico, taxativo
• Spanish: tajante

Translations

• French: catégoriel, catégorielle
• Portuguese: categórico

Noun

categorical (plural categoricals)

1. (logic) A categorical proposition.

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