Meaning of CATEGORICAL
| Pronunciation: | | `katu'gorikul
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- [adj] not modified or restricted by reservations; "a categorical denial"; "a flat refusal"
- [adj] relating to or included in a category
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CATEGORICAL is a 11 letter word that starts with C. |
| | Synonyms: | | categoric, flat, unconditional, unqualified |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Cat`e*gor"ic*al\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to a category.
2. Not hypothetical or relative; admitting no conditions or
exceptions; declarative; absolute; positive; express; as,
a categorical proposition, or answer.
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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