Synonyms for categorical

Grammar : Adj

Spell : kat-i-gawr-i-kuhl, -gor-

Phonetic Transcription : ˌkæt ɪˈgɔr ɪ kəl, -ˈgɒr-

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Définition 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

Example sentences :

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

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