different between stipulative vs categorical

English

Etymology

stipulate +? -ive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st?pj?l?t?v/

Adjective

stipulative (comparative more stipulative, superlative most stipulative)

1. Relating to a stipulation.
2. Relating to something that is merely asserted in an ad hoc fashion rather than following logically from general principles.

Derived terms

• stipulative definition
• stipulativeness

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

stipulative

1. inflection of stipulativ:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

English

Pronunciation

• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /?kæt??????k(?)l/

Adjective

categorical (comparative more categorical, superlative most categorical)

1. 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.

2. 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)

1. (logic) A categorical proposition.