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Meaning of categorical | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1
ˌkætəˈɡɒɹɪk(ə)l

Definitions

  1. Absolute; having no exception.
  2. Categorical, definitive.
  3. Of, pertaining to, or using a category or categories.

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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