Adjective : a categorical denial. From Dictionary.com.
For example, Stern comes up with these categoric statements. From Wordnik.com. [Stern Review « Climate Audit] Reference
Q Joe, the President was categoric on the subject of perjury. From Wordnik.com. [Press Briefing By Joe Lockhart] Reference
Joanna Nowak, a Polish tennis coach, had a more categoric view. From Wordnik.com. [Venus Williams Tennis Dress Cheers Lace Industry] Reference
NIXON: No. I say no -- that's too categoric -- I do not know him. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 5, 2005] Reference
There's a-- you know, a categoric rule: There's no drinking on the job. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 21, 2000] Reference
Shouldnt you at least update yr blog with the categoric denial frm No10?. From Wordnik.com. [Damian McBride weighs in over Brown's 'apology DVD'] Reference
Are you categoric that he is the credible, legitimate leader of Afghanistan?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 6, 2009] Reference
So I am sorry I give anecdotes and am not able to give a categoric response. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » More on Whether Affirmative Action in Law Schools Backfires on Prospective Black Lawyers:] Reference
That may be too categoric, at least when speaking of college students themselves. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Conflicting Rationales for Affirmative Action in Higher Education:] Reference
Inkosi Lushaba was categoric that he would not allow door-to-door canvassing in his area. From Wordnik.com. [ANC CONDEMNS RELEASE OF IFP CHIEF ON FREE BAIL] Reference
Dyck was "not categoric" that Mugabe had agreed to go as part of the plan, Tsvangirai said. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Mr Coughlan himself is categoric that he made no use of the Ferrari Documents in the McLaren car. From Wordnik.com. [Chequered Conflict] Reference
The Archbishop's reply - expanding the general to the particular - could not have been more categoric. From Wordnik.com. [Just Williams] Reference
Now, a few hours later the Taliban government issued a categoric denial, saying that it did not happen. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 29, 2001] Reference
Boris Nikolayevich, before the negotiations began, both sides were quite categoric on questions at issue. From Wordnik.com. [Presidents Clinton And Yeltsin In Press Conference] Reference
I still don't see how you get to the categoric position that the death penalty can't be administered fairly. From Wordnik.com. ["I did shift from being against the death penalty to thinking that if it has a significant deterrent effect it’s probably justified."] Reference
I'm lucky to be an American and I'm lucky to have the support of Americans all across every categoric divide. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 12, 2008] Reference
When he accompanied von Brauschitsch to see the Führer later in the morning, they received a categoric refusal. From Wordnik.com. [Operation Sea Lion]
As I've stated below, ignorance is no defence and she could not have been more categoric in her letter to Evans. From Wordnik.com. [Sky News Discovers the Jowell Smoking Gun] Reference
Simon: "I still don't see how you get to the categoric position that the death penalty can't be administered fairly.". From Wordnik.com. ["I did shift from being against the death penalty to thinking that if it has a significant deterrent effect it’s probably justified."] Reference
So we welcome this very strong and categoric call upon all parties in this country to return to the negotiating table. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Even granting that, I still don't see how you get to the categoric position that the death penalty can't be administered fairly. From Wordnik.com. ["I did shift from being against the death penalty to thinking that if it has a significant deterrent effect it’s probably justified."] Reference
The messages containing precise and categoric instructions to our embassy in Grenada, which were given wide publicity by the Cuban. From Wordnik.com. [FUNERAL CEREMONY-CUBANS WHO DIED IN GRANADA] Reference
Downing Street phoned the Foreign Office several times to ask Mr Straw to stop being so categoric in ruling out a military strike. From Wordnik.com. [Firedoglake » Hearing Today in Libby Case] Reference
QUESTION: Would you agree, though, that was a more of a blanket uncategoric statement -- categoric statement than it should have been?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 1, 2003] Reference
But there is no categoric proof to incriminate Andy. From Wordnik.com. [Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk] Reference
SYMPATHETIC CONTACTS, versus categoric contacts, 294-98. From Wordnik.com. [Introduction to the Science of Sociology] Reference
"I will say in very categoric terms that Pakistan is not involved,". From Wordnik.com. [NewsOK.com RSS - home] Reference
The concerns stem from Facebook's categoric actions on this matter. From Wordnik.com. [Geek.com] Reference
Neither then will there be a syllogism, when universal either categoric or. From Wordnik.com. [Works] Reference
What he eventually provided was a far from categoric legal basis for invasion. From Wordnik.com. [ajc.com - News] Reference
For since a categoric assertion is converted, S will be present with a certain R. From Wordnik.com. [Works] Reference
NEW DELHI - In a categoric rejection of its ally Shiv Sena's "Mumbai for Marathis" stand. From Wordnik.com. [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference
There is hope, for the sake of Bernie-boy's ego, however, in Nancy Daar's categoric denial. From Wordnik.com. [Dealbreaker] Reference
"I will say in very categoric terms that Pakistan is not involved in these gory incidents.". From Wordnik.com. [Long Beach Press Telegram Most Viewed] Reference
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