Pertaining to a category or the categories: opposed to transcendental.Stated unconditionally; not limited to a hypothetical state of things: as, a categorical proposition (that is, a simple, unconditional proposition).Applicable to the actual circumstances; stating the fact; pertinent; positive; precise; clear: as, a categorical answer (that is, an answer that clearly meets the question).n. In logic, a proposition which affirms a thing absolutely and without any hypothesis.