category /katˈi-gə-ri or -ə-/

1. A class or order of things, people, etc possessing similar characteristics
2. (in pl) the highest classes under which objects of philosophy can be systematically arranged, understood as an attempt at a comprehensive classification of all that exists (philosophy)
3. (in pl) in Kant's system, the root-notions of the understanding, the specific forms of the a priori or formal element in rational cognition (quantity, quality, relation, modality, etc) (philosophy)

categorematic /-gor-i-matˈik/ adjective

Capable of being used by itself as a term

categorial /ka-tə-gōrˈi-əl or -görˈ/ adjective

Of or relating to a category

categorˈially adverb

categorical or categoric /-gorˈ/ adjective

1. Positive
2. Absolute
3. Unconditional
4. Without exception

categorˈically adverb

1. Absolutely
2. Without qualification, unconditionally
3. Expressly

categorˈicalness noun

The quality of being absolute and unqualified

catˈegorist noun

A person who categorizes

categorizaˈtion or categorisaˈtion noun

catˈegorize or catˈegorise transitive verb

1. To place in a category or list
2. To class

categorical imperative noun (philosophy)

In the ethics of Kant, the absolute unconditional command of the moral law, irrespective of every ulterior end or aim, obliging people to act responsibly

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