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categorical
Meaning: absolute and unqualified, allowing no doubt or exception
categorical in a sentence
How categorical is used in real sentences:
The principal issued a categorical denial of the rumor.
The witness was categorical that no one had entered through the side door.
“Her refusal was initially categorical: she would accept no commission whose surface seemed designed to erase the maker.”
— from the passage Against the Metal
Synonyms for categorical
Other words for categorical — absolute, unqualified and unequivocal — carry the same meaning.
- absolute
- unqualified
- unequivocal
Antonyms of categorical
Words that mean the opposite of categorical:
- conditional
- qualified
- ambiguous
Where it comes from
From Greek kategorikos, meaning 'affirmative or accusatory.'
Memory hook
CATEGORICAL sounds like CATEGORY: put the answer firmly in one category.
Practice categorical in the app