categoricadj.n.
/katɪˈɡɒrɪk/ Perhaps Obsolete.
A. adj.
= categorical adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > statement > dogmatic assertion > [adjective]
peremptory1575
categoricala1620
pronunciative1619
affirmative1650
thetical1653
categoric1678
round1701
plonking1950
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > [adjective] > defined, well-formed > of statement or speaker
utter1472
absolute?1504
peremptory1532
perfect1569
resolved1577
confident1611
categoricala1620
definitive1624
textuary1632
categorematical1654
categoric1678
1678 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV 162 None is more categoric and positive in this than judicious Davenant.
1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxxviii. 317 Predicamental and Catagorick fool.
a1797 H. Walpole Mem. George II (1847) II. vii. 240 She gave him an evasive answer. He demanded a categoric one.
B. n.
A categorical proposition or statement.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > [noun] > conditional or hypothetical proposition > categorical proposition
categorical1619
categoric1677
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > [noun] > final or definitive statement
categorica1734
the last word1842
1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. Proem 12 A Dilemma..consistes of a disjunctive syllogisme..and two Categorics.
a1734 R. North Examen (1740) ii. v. ⁋146. 407 He..comes up to the Categoric very roundly, saying And so it was really and in Effect.
1839 New Monthly Mag. 55 548.
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