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categoricalness

categoricalness noun: the quality of being categorical, absolute, or positive.

Noun

categoricalness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being categorical, absolute, or positive.
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Origin of categoricalness

From categorical + -ness.

Questions about categoricalness

What does categoricalness mean?
Categoricalness means the quality of being categorical, absolute, or positive.
What part of speech is categoricalness?
Categoricalness is a noun.

Words near categoricalness in the dictionary

  1. categorical proposition
  2. categorical propositions
  3. categorical variable
  4. categorical variables
  5. categorically
  6. categoricalness
  7. categoricals
  8. categoricity
  9. categorie
  10. categories
  11. categorification

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