categorical

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Trying to look manly and tough when your entire regime, from the top on down, consists of shifty characters with a wide range of obvious personality disorders might seem like a categorical error.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

Long existing beyond the boundaries of race, nationhood and categorical art movements, Lam produced a range of work, including graphic design, book illustrations, large Jackson Pollock-inspired abstractions, and expressionistic ceramics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026

Against that background, the states in both cases framed the dispute at Tuesday’s oral arguments as one about categorical sex distinctions, not transgender status.

From Slate • Jan. 14, 2026

Recognizing the categorical difference between occurrence and existence resolves these paradoxes.

From Science Daily • Nov. 2, 2025

The doctor, a great Jewish doctor, a prisoner like ourselves, was categorical: “We have to operate! If we wait, the toes and perhaps the leg will have to be amputated.”

From "Night" by Elie Wiesel