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categorical

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cat⋅e⋅gor⋅i⋅cal

  [kat-i-gawr-i-kuhl, -gor-]
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–adjective
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, cat⋅e⋅gor⋅ic.

Origin:
1590–1600; < LL catēgoric(us) (< Gk katēgorikós; see category, -ic ) + -al 1

Related forms:
cat⋅e⋅gor⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
cat⋅e⋅gor⋅i⋅cal⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. positive, flat, downright.
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cat·e·gor·i·cal   (kāt'ĭ-gôr'ĭ-kəl, -gŏr'-)   
adj.  

  1. Being without exception or qualification; absolute. See Synonyms at explicit.

    1. Of or relating to a category or categories.

    2. According to or using categories: a categorical arrangement of specimens.

cat'e·gor'i·cal·ly adv., cat'e·gor'i·cal·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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