Antonyms for categorical
ˌkæt ɪˈgɔr ɪ kəl, -ˈgɒr-cat·e·gor·i·cal

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1. categoricaladjective

   absolute; having no exception

   Synonyms:
   unconditional, categoric

   Antonyms:
   hypothetical, conditional

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1. categorical

   Antonyms:
   obscure, uncertain, ambiguous, dubious, contingent, hypothetical, hazy, oracular, enigmatical, mystical

   Synonyms:
   plain, positive, declaratory, peremptory, affirmative, absolute, demonstrative, distinct

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1. categorical, categoricadjective

   relating to or included in a category or categories

   Antonyms:
   qualified

   Synonyms:
   flat, categoric, unconditional

2. categoric, categorical, flat, unconditionaladjective

   not modified or restricted by reservations

   "a categorical denial"; "a flat refusal"

   Antonyms:
   qualified

   Synonyms:
   plane, savourless, unconditioned, flavorless, categoric, matt, insipid, level, monotonic, compressed, unconditional, matted, flat, monotonous, two-dimensional, matte, monotone, savorless, prostrate, vapid, bland, mat, flavourless

How to use categorical in a sentence?

1. Phil Weiser:

   We started this investigation under the prior( presidential) administration, and they had a categorical policy of not conducting these investigations, they were trying to dismantle existing consent decrees and not conducting new pattern and practice investigations. When we started this in the summer of 2020,( a federal investigation) wasn't an option. The only option was to use our authority.

2. President Ashraf Ghani:

   The grounds for peace have never been better in the last 36 years. Our approach is productive. We're hopeful, but categorical answers in a peace process are dangerous.

3. Herbert Hovenkamp:

   It means the court is entitled to look under the hood, the district judge got it wrong by adopting a categorical rule that because the banks were cooperating in setting Libor they could not be violating antitrust rules.

4. Adam Cathcart:

   It seems to indicate that he's either freestyling, or that his administration thinks that Kim Jong Un would actually be interested in meeting as a kind of carrot for negotiating, but there is an obvious dissonance with [Secretary of State Rex] Tillerson's categorical statements that the US will not 'negotiate its way back to the negotiating table.'.

5. John Roberts:

   It has specifically provided that it is a crime to lie under oath in the naturalization process, even about an immaterial matter, and it has provided that certain of those immaterial lies are categorical bars to naturalization.

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