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categorial
[kat-i-gawr-ee-uhl, -gohr-]
adjective
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
/ ˌæɪˈɡɔːɪə /
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
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of categorial1
Example Sentences
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.”
Kant held that the human reason issues "categorial imperatives," that is to say, unconditional commands to act in certain ways.
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