Categorical \Cat`e*gor"ic*al\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to a category.
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2. Not hypothetical or relative; admitting no conditions or
exceptions; declarative; absolute; positive; express; as,
a categorical proposition, or answer.
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The scriptures by a multitude of categorical and
intelligible decisions . . . distinguish between the
things seen and temporal and those that are unseen
and eternal. --I. Taylor.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
categorical
adj 1: relating to or included in a category
2: not modified or restricted by reservations; "a categorical
denial"; "a flat refusal" [syn: categoric, flat, unconditional]
WordNet (r) 2.0
99 Moby Thesaurus words for "categorical":
a fortiori, a posteriori, a priori, absolute,
admitting no exception, all-out, analytic, apodeictic, apodictic,
authoritative, certain, characteristic, classificational,
classificatory, clean-cut, clear, clear-cut, complete, conclusive,
conditional, decided, decisive, deductive, defining, definite,
definitive, denominative, determinate, dialectic, differential,
direct, discursive, distinctive, divisional, divisionary, dogmatic,
downright, emphatic, enthymematic, entire, epagogic, explicit,
express, final, firm, fixed, flat, flat-out, forthright, global,
hypothetical, implicit, inappealable, indisputable, inductive,
inferential, maieutic, ordinal, out-and-out, outright, particular,
peculiar, peremptory, perfect, positive, round, soritical, special,
specific, straight, straight-out, subdivisional, sure, syllogistic,
synthetic, taxonomic, total, typal, typical, unambiguous,
uncircumscribed, unconditional, unconditioned, undoubting,
unequivocal, unhampered, unhesitating, unlimited, unmistakable,
unmitigated, unqualified, unquestioning, unreserved, unrestricted,
unwaivable, utter, whole, without exception, without reserve
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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