categorical adj

1 relating to or included in a category

2 not modified or restricted by reservations; "a categorical denial"; "a flat refusal" [syn: categoric, flat, unconditional]

English

Adjective

1. absolute; having no exception

   After many attempts to change them, the students learned that the rules were categorical.

2. of, pertaining to, or using a category or categories

Translations

See:

• Categorical imperative
• Morley's categoricity theorem
• Categorical data analysis
• Categorical distribution
• Categorical logic
• Categorical syllogism
• Categorical proposition
• Categorization
• Categorical perception
• Category theory
  • Categorical set theory
• Recursive categorical syntax

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