categorical: Meaning and Definition of

cat•e•gor•i•cal

1. without exceptions or conditions; absolute; unqualified and unconditional: a categorical denial.
1. (of a proposition) analyzable into a subject and an attribute related by a copula, as in the proposition “All humans are mortal.”
2. (of a syllogism) having categorical propositions as premises.
3. of, pertaining to, or in a category.