categorical

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
categorical
    adj 1: relating to or included in a category or categories [syn:
           {categorical}, {categoric}]
    2: not modified or restricted by reservations; "a categorical
       denial"; "a flat refusal" [syn: {categoric}, {categorical},
       {flat}, {unconditional}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Categorical \Cat`e*gor"ic*al\, a.
   1. Of or pertaining to a category.
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   2. Not hypothetical or relative; admitting no conditions or
      exceptions; declarative; absolute; positive; express; as,
      a categorical proposition, or answer.
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            The scriptures by a multitude of categorical and
            intelligible decisions . . . distinguish between the
            things seen and temporal and those that are unseen
            and eternal. --I. Taylor.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
99 Moby Thesaurus words for "categorical":
      a fortiori, a posteriori, a priori, absolute,
      admitting no exception, all-out, analytic, apodeictic, apodictic,
      authoritative, certain, characteristic, classificational,
      classificatory, clean-cut, clear, clear-cut, complete, conclusive,
      conditional, decided, decisive, deductive, defining, definite,
      definitive, denominative, determinate, dialectic, differential,
      direct, discursive, distinctive, divisional, divisionary, dogmatic,
      downright, emphatic, enthymematic, entire, epagogic, explicit,
      express, final, firm, fixed, flat, flat-out, forthright, global,
      hypothetical, implicit, inappealable, indisputable, inductive,
      inferential, maieutic, ordinal, out-and-out, outright, particular,
      peculiar, peremptory, perfect, positive, round, soritical, special,
      specific, straight, straight-out, subdivisional, sure, syllogistic,
      synthetic, taxonomic, total, typal, typical, unambiguous,
      uncircumscribed, unconditional, unconditioned, undoubting,
      unequivocal, unhampered, unhesitating, unlimited, unmistakable,
      unmitigated, unqualified, unquestioning, unreserved, unrestricted,
      unwaivable, utter, whole, without exception, without reserve

    

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