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unconditional and absolute; admitting no exception
She issued a categorical denial of the charges.
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· unconditional and absolute;...
absoluteunqualifiedunconditionalexplicitemphaticexpressdownright
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Etymology
From Late Latin categoricus + -al, from Greek kategorikos ('affirmative'), from kategoria ('predication'), from kategorein ('to assert, accuse').
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