Meanings
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adj
unqualified and absolute; explicit
He gave a categoric denial of any involvement.
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adj
· unqualified and absolute;...
categoricalabsoluteunqualifiedexplicitunconditionalemphaticexpress
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Derived forms
categorically
Etymology
From Late Latin categoricus, from Greek kategorikos ('affirmative, predicated'), from kategoria ('predication, accusation'), from kategorein ('to accuse, assert').
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