categorical
11categorical — adjective a categorical statement is a clear statement that something is definitely true: categorical denial/statement/assurance etc: Can you give us a categorical assurance that no jobs will be lost? …
12categorical — 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… …
13categorical — cat•e•gor•i•cal [[t]ˌkæt ɪˈgɔr ɪ kəl, ˈgɒr [/t]] also cat e•gor′ic adj. 1) without exceptions or conditions; absolute: a categorical denial[/ex] 2) pho logic a) (of a proposition) analyzable into a subject and an attribute related by a copula, as …
14categorical — adj. unconditional, absolute; explicit, direct (a categorical refusal). Phrases and idioms: categorical imperative Ethics an unconditional moral obligation derived from pure reason; the bidding of conscience as ultimate moral law. Derivatives:… …
15categorical — also categoric adjective 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 …
16categorical — adjective a) absolute; having no exception 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… …
17categorical — adj. Categorical is used with these nouns: ↑assurance, ↑distinction …
18categorical — cat|e|gor|i|cal [ ,kætə gɔrıkl ] adjective clear and definite about what you mean: a categorical assurance/statement …
19categorical — adjective unambiguously explicit and direct: a categorical assurance. Derivatives categoric adjective categorically adverb Origin C16: from late L. categoricus (from Gk katēgorikos, from katēgoria: see category) + al …
20categorical — adjective a categorical assurance that annual premiums would not increase Syn: unqualified, unconditional, unequivocal, absolute, explicit, express, unambiguous, definite, direct, downright, outright, emphatic, positive, point blank, conclusive,… …
