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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
categorical/katəˈɡɒrɪkl/

▶adjective unambiguously explicit and direct: a categorical assurance.

– derivatives
categoric adjective,
categorically adverb.

– origin C16: from late L. categoricus (from Gk katēgorikos, from katēgoria: see category) + -al.

'categorical' also found in these Oxford entries:

categorical imperative - major - minor - mood

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