Antonyms for categorical
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : kat-i-gawr-i-kuhl, -gor- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌkæt ɪˈgɔr ɪ kəl, -ˈgɒr- |
Definition of categorical
Origin :- 1590s, as a term in logic, "unqualified, asserting absolutely," from Late Latin categoricus, from Greek kategorikos "accusatory, affirmative, categorical," from kategoria (see category). General sense of "explicit, unconditional" is from 1610s. Categorical imperative, from the philosophy of Kant, first recorded 1827. Related: Categorically.
- adj explicit, unconditional
- We hardly know what to say, in answer to this categorical query.
- Extract from : « The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, April 1844 » by Various
- Here steps in the "categorical imperative" with a vengeance.
- Extract from : « The Building of a Book » by Various
- Did anybody ever give a categorical denial to any clause of any creed?
- Extract from : « The Brentons » by Anna Chapin Ray
- Luigi's preference happened to be for categorical interrogations.
- Extract from : « Vittoria, Complete » by George Meredith
- A vocation was a "categorical imperative" to the soul, and there was no mistaking its presence.
- Extract from : « Passing By » by Maurice Baring
- This is why they confuse the categorical and the universal with the hypothetical.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 8 » by Various
- What could be more easy than to give me a categorical answer, one way or the other?
- Extract from : « The Round Towers of Ireland » by Henry O'Brien
- In form both are categorical, and in content both are hypothetical.
- Extract from : « Essays in Experimental Logic » by John Dewey
- Kant gave us a guiding rule with his categorical imperative.
- Extract from : « Friedrich Nietzsche » by Georg Brandes
- Only, we ought to add, that this is equally true about the categorical proposition.
- Extract from : « Aristotle » by George Grote
Synonyms for categorical
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