单词 | categorical |
释义 | categorical —categorically, adv. —categoricalness, n. /kat'i gawr"i keuhl, -gor"-/, adj. 1. without exceptions or conditions; absolute; unqualified and unconditional: a categorical denial. 2. Logic. a. (of a proposition) analyzable into a subject and an attribute related by a copula, as in the proposition "All humans are mortal." b. (of a syllogism) having categorical propositions as premises. 3. of, pertaining to, or in a category. Also, categoric. [1590-1600; < LL categoric(us) ( < Gk kategorikós; see CATEGORY, -IC) + -AL1] Syn. 1. positive, flat, downright. |
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