CATEGORICAL


Meaning of CATEGORICAL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌka-tə-ˈgȯr-i-kəl, -ˈgär- ]

adjective

also cat·e·gor·ic -ik

Etymology: Late Latin categoricus, from Greek katēgorikos, from katēgoria

Date: 1588

1. : absolute , unqualified

a categorical denial

2.

a. : of, relating to, or constituting a category

b. : involving, according with, or considered with respect to specific categories

• cat·e·gor·i·cal·ly -i-k(ə-)lē adverb

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