categorical Definition

categorical
categoric
adj

1. Said of a statement, refusal, denial, etc: absolute or definite; making no exceptions and giving no room for doubt or argument.

Thesaurus: unequivocal, absolute, unmitigated, explicit, clear, direct, express, positive, total, unquestionable, ineluctable; Antonym: qualified, tentative, vague, ambiguous.
2. Relating or belonging to a category.

Derivative: categorically
adverb

Etymology: 16c: see category.