categorical en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌkæʔəˈɡaɹɪk(ə)l/ Dublin
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˌkætəˈɡɒɹɪk(ə)l/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌkætəˈɡɔɹɪk(ə)l/ (Canada, General-American)
- /ˌkæhəˈɡaɹɪk(ə)l/ Dublin
Etymology
From Late Latin catēgoricus + -al. By surface analysis, category + -ical.
Meanings
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Absolute; having no exception.
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.
1900, Sigmund Freud, translated by James Strachey, The Interpretation of Dreams: Avon Books, page 74:We now see that they [propositions] are either conditional or unconditional, or, as the logicians say, hypothetical (conditional) or categorical (unconditional).
1856, Robert Gordon Latham, Logic in the Application to Language:
- Of, pertaining to, or using a category or categories.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most categorical | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more categorical | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
exceptional (antonym(s) of “absolute, having no exception”) · hypothetical (antonym(s) of “absolute, having no exception”) · relative (antonym(s) of “absolute, having no exception”) · conditional (antonym(s) of “absolute, having no exception”)
Deriveds
intracategorical · uncategorical · categorical product · categorically · bicategorical · acategorical · categorical variable · subcategorical · intercategorical · categorical imperative · categoricalness · noncategorical · transcategorical · multicategorical · categorical dual
Relateds
Synonyms
absolute (having no exception) · categorial (having no exception) · unconditional (having no exception) · categoric (having no exception)
Translations (33)
tl mulisipin (of, pertaining to, or using categories) · ja 例外無き (absolute; having no exception) · pt taxativo (absolute; having no exception) · fr catégorielle (of, pertaining to, or using categories) · rsk катеґорийски (of, pertaining to, or using categories) · es taxativo (absolute; having no exception) · bg категоричен (of, pertaining to, or using categories) · it categoriale (absolute; having no exception) · ja 無条件の (absolute; having no exception) · es tajante (absolute; having no exception) · hu kategorikus (absolute; having no exception) · de kategorisch (of, pertaining to, or using categories) · da kategorisk (absolute; having no exception) · pt categórico (absolute; having no exception) · rsk катеґорийни (of, pertaining to, or using categories) · ja 分類上の (of, pertaining to, or using categories) · bg безусловен (absolute; having no exception) · ka კატეგორიული (absolute; having no exception) · it categoriale (of, pertaining to, or using categories) · cs kategorický (absolute; having no exception) · sv kategorisk (absolute; having no exception) · pl kategoryczny (absolute; having no exception) · ca categòric (absolute; having no exception) · rsk катеґорични (absolute; having no exception) · fr catégoriel (of, pertaining to, or using categories) · pt categórico (of, pertaining to, or using categories) · de kategorisch (absolute; having no exception) · ro categoric (absolute; having no exception) · fr catégorique (absolute; having no exception) · ro categorial (of, pertaining to, or using categories) · ru категори́ческий (absolute; having no exception) · bg окончателен (absolute; having no exception) · uk категори́чний (absolute; having no exception)