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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cat•e•gor•i•cal /ˌkætɪˈgɔrɪkəl, -ˈgɑr-/USA pronunciation also ˌcat•eˈgor•ic,adj. - being without exceptions or conditions;
absolute: a categorical denial.
cat•e•gor•i•cal•ly, adv.: I can state categorically that I have never seen her before. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cat•e•gor•i•cal (kat′i gôr′i kəl, -gor′-),USA pronunciation adj. - without exceptions or conditions;
absolute;
unqualified and unconditional:a categorical denial. - Philosophy[Logic.]
- Philosophy(of a proposition) analyzable into a subject and an attribute related by a copula, as in the proposition "All humans are mortal.''
- Philosophy(of a syllogism) having categorical propositions as premises.
- of, pertaining to, or in a category.
Also, cat′e•gor′ic. - Greek katēgorikós; see category, -ic) + -al1
- Late Latin catēgoric(us) (
- 1590–1600
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged positive, flat, downright.
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