different between unlimited vs categorical

English

Etymology

unlimit +? -ed or un- +? limited

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?l?m?t?d/
• Hyphenation: un?lim?it?ed

Adjective

unlimited (comparative more unlimited, superlative most unlimited)

1. limitless or without bounds; unrestricted

Synonyms

• (without bounds): infinite, endless, everlasting, eternal; see also Thesaurus:infinite or Thesaurus:eternal
• (unrestricted): absolute

Antonyms

• limited
• finite

Translations

Anagrams

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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.