单词 | category |
释义 | Word Frequency category(ˈkætɪɡərɪ) nounWord forms: plural -ries 1. a class or group of things, people, etc, possessing some quality or qualities in common; a division in a system of classification 2. metaphysics any one of the most basic classes into which objects and concepts can be analysed 3. a. (in the philosophy of Aristotle) any one of ten most fundamental modes of being, such as quantity, quality, and substance b. (in the philosophy of Kant) one of twelve concepts required by human beings to interpret the empirical world c. any set of objects, concepts, or expressions distinguished from others within some logical or linguistic theory by the intelligibility of a specific set of statements concerning them See also category mistake Word origin C15: from Late Latin catēgoria, from Greek katēgoria, from kategorein to accuse, assert |
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