断だん言げん的てき

na-adjective

assertive; insistent; categorical

Rare term used for statements or attitudes that are firm, definitive, and leave no room for doubt. More common in formal writing than in everyday speech.

• 彼かれの断だん言げん的てきな口く調ちょうに、反はん論ろんする気きが失うせた。

  His categorical tone made me lose the will to argue.

na-adjective

categorical

Philosophical use, often in logic or ethics, referring to unconditional or absolute propositions. Extremely rare outside academic contexts.

See also: 定言的

• カントの倫りん理り学がくでは、断だん言げん的てき命めい令れいが重じゅう要ような概がい念ねんである。

  In Kant's ethics, the categorical imperative is an important concept.