adj
categorical
Categorical (adj) means Complete and with no exceptions.
adj
1
Complete and with no exceptions.
"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."
— Sigmund Freud, translated by James Strachey (1900)
2
Relating to, or based on, a category or categories.
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Etymology
Categorical comes from Late Latin catēgoricus plus -al; by surface analysis it is category plus -ical.
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What is the meaning of categorical?
"categorical" (adj) means complete and with no exceptions.
What is another word for categorical?
Other words for "categorical" include flat, categoric, unconditional.
What is the opposite of categorical?
Opposites of "categorical" include conditional, hypothetical, relative.
What are the different meanings of categorical?
"categorical" has 2 main meanings: 1. Complete and with no exceptions; 2. Relating to, or based on, a category or categories.
