different between categorical vs hypothetical
categorical
English
Pronunciation
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /?kæt??????k(?)l/
Adjective
categorical (comparative more categorical, superlative most categorical)
- Absolute; having no exception.
- 1900, Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams, Avon Books, (translated by James Strachey) pg. 74:
- Daytime interests are clearly not such far-reaching psychical sources of dreams as might have been expected from the categorical assertions that everyone continues to carry on his daily business in his dreams.
- 1900, Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams, Avon Books, (translated by James Strachey) pg. 74:
- Of, pertaining to, or using a category or categories.
Synonyms
- (absolute; having no exception): absolute, categoric, unconditional
Antonyms
- (absolute; having no exception): exceptional, conditional, hypothetical, relative
Derived terms
- acategorical
- categorical imperative
- categoricalness
Related terms
- categoricity
Translations
Noun
categorical (plural categoricals)
- (logic) A categorical proposition.
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hypothetical
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ?????????? (hupothetikós)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ha?p????t?kl/
Adjective
hypothetical (comparative more hypothetical, superlative most hypothetical)
- Based upon a hypothesis; conjectural
- (philosophy) conditional; contingent upon some hypothesis/antecedent
Synonyms
- conjectural
- (contingent upon some hypothesis): conditional
Antonyms
- (actual): actual
- (in philosophy): categorical
Translations
Noun
hypothetical (plural hypotheticals)
- A hypothetical situation or proposition
- These hypotheticals serve no purpose until we have more information.
Related terms
- hypothesis
- hypothesize
hypothetical From the web:
- what hypothetical means
- what hypothetically speaking mean
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- what is meant by hypothetical
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