categorial

American

[kat-i-gawr-ee-uhl, -gohr-] / ˌkæt ɪˈgɔr i əl, -ˈgoʊr- /

adjective

Linguistics.

of or relating to a categorial grammar.
(in generative grammar) of or relating to the part of the base component that contains rules for establishing syntactic categories and ordering the elements within them.

categorial British

/ ˌkætɪˈɡɔːrɪəl /

adjective

of or relating to a category
logic (of a statement) consisting of a subject, S, and a predicate, P, each of which denotes a class, and having one of the following forms: all S are P (universal affirmative); some S are P (particular affirmative); some S are not P (particular negative); no S are P (universal negative) See syllogism

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Etymology

Origin of categorial

category + -al ¹; compare German categorial (1880) pertaining to categories in logic

Example Sentences

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Carlos Ruiz Massieu told the Security Council the actions of the ex-commanders are “regrettable and unjustified” and stressed “the swift and categorial rejection of these actions by all sectors across the country.”

From Seattle Times

Kant held that the human reason issues "categorial imperatives," that is to say, unconditional commands to act in certain ways.

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