Meaning of categorist | Babel Free
Definitions
- Someone who categorizes.
- A mathematician who specializes in category theory.
Examples
“Strictly speaking, Swedenborg’s revelation is a confounding of planes,—a capital offence in so learned a categorist.”
“A man—and for Pinter the male now tends to become the categorist — is baffled by the presence of a filthy old matchseller who stands at the bottom of the lane near his house daily.”
“For categorists, general principles 'express the essential qualities of juridical truth itself, in short of Law'.”
“The concept of path of arrows is what the categorist uses instead of the concept of word or string of symbols.”
“This mapping is regarded by the categorist as an inclusion, even though in fact it may change what the integer really is.”
“Four among them were Walter Feit (of Feit-Thopson simple group fame), John Isbell (who, God forgive him, became a categorist), Karel de Leeuw (an excellent harmonic analyst, brutally murdered in his middle age by a psychotic student) , and Sterling Berberian.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.