— categorically , adv. — categoricalness , n.
/kat'i gawr"i keuhl, -gor"-/ , adj.
1. without exceptions or conditions; absolute; unqualified and unconditional: a categorical denial.
2. Logic.
a. (of a proposition) analyzable into a subject and an attribute related by a copula, as in the proposition "All humans are mortal."
b. (of a syllogism) having categorical propositions as premises.
3. of, pertaining to, or in a category.
Also, categoric .
[ 1590-1600; categoric ( us ) ( kategorikós; see CATEGORY, -IC) + -AL 1 ]
Syn. 1. positive, flat, downright.