'Categorical' definitions:

Definition of 'categorical'

From: WordNet
adjective
Relating to or included in a category or categories [syn: categorical, categoric]
adjective
Not modified or restricted by reservations; "a categorical denial"; "a flat refusal" [syn: categoric, categorical, flat, unconditional]

Definition of 'Categorical'

From: GCIDE
  • Categorical \Cat`e*gor"ic*al\, a.
  • 1. Of or pertaining to a category. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Not hypothetical or relative; admitting no conditions or exceptions; declarative; absolute; positive; express; as, a categorical proposition, or answer. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]