Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

categorical imperatives

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.45 in modern English

Syllables: cat-e-gor-i-cal im-per-a-tives
IPA

34

Scrabble Score

22

Letters

8

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of categorical imperative

Example Sentences

"According to these Categorical Imperatives, certain actions are allowed or disallowed as being morally possible or impossible […]."
"Categorical imperatives do not typically contain an 'if. They tell you what to do unconditionally. They may nevertheless be defended by reasons."

Questions

What does categorical imperatives mean?: plural of categorical imperative

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