categorical的词源

英文词源

categorical (adj.)

1590s, as a term in logic, "unqualified, asserting absolutely," from Late Latin categoricus, from Greek kategorikos "accusatory, affirmative, categorical," from kategoria (see category). General sense of "explicit, unconditional" is from 1610s. Categorical imperative, from the philosophy of Kant, first recorded 1827. Related: Categorically.

中文词源

categorical：明确的

来自category, 分类，指分门别类的，明确的。

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