categorical

adjective

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Pronunciation: /ˌkætəˈɡɒɹɪk(ə)l/ / /ˌkætəˈɡɔɹɪk(ə)l/ / /ˌkæhəˈɡaɹɪk(ə)l/

Etymology: From Late Latin catēgoricus + -al. By surface analysis, category + -ical.

Absolute; having no exception.
“We now see that they [propositions] are either conditional or unconditional, or, as the logicians say, hypothetical (conditional) or categorical (unconditional).”
“Daytime interests are clearly not such far-reaching psychical sources of dreams as might have been expected from the categorical assertions that everyone continues to carry on his daily business in his dreams.”
Of, pertaining to, or using a category or categories.

Etymology: From Late Latin catēgoricus + -al. By surface analysis, category + -ical.