Categorical Meaning
/ˌkætəˈɡɒɹɪk(ə)l/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjAbsolute; having no exception.
adjOf, pertaining to, or using a category or categories.
Sentence Examples
I don't want to be too categorical!
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The professor gave a ____ denial of any involvement in the scandal.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The manager gave a ____ denial of all the rumors about his resignation.
Word Origin & History
From Late Latin catēgoricus + -al. By surface analysis, category + -ical.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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:
"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:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The professor gave a ____ denial of any involvement in the scandal.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The manager gave a ____ denial of all the rumors about his resignation.