CATEGORICAL


Meaning of CATEGORICAL in English

I. |kad.ə|gȯrə̇kəl, -atə-, -är-, -ōr-, -ēk- adjective

also cat·e·gor·ic -rik, -ēk

Etymology: categorical from Late Latin categoric us (from Greek katēgorikos, from katēgoria category) + English -al; categoric from Late Latin categoricus

1.

a. : absolute , unqualified — distinguished from conditional and hypothetical

b. : marked by clear certain positive statement or effect without qualifying, reserving, temporizing, or obscuring

asked for a categorical answer — Allan Nevins & H.S.Commager

a categorical no

2. : categorial

Synonyms: see explicit

II. noun

( -s )

: a categorical proposition or judgment

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.