It will be seen, therefore, that the distinction between dual and plural is not categoric (obligatory).
The essential point is perhaps best brought out by Shaler in his distinction between sympathetic and categoric contacts.
Sympathetic Contacts versus Categoric Contacts[125] Let us now consider what takes place when two men, mere strangers to one another, come together.
We have seen that at the beginning of any acquaintance the fellow-being is inevitably dealt with in the categoric way.
What do you understand Shaler to mean by the statement that "at the beginning of any acquaintance the fellow-being is evidently dealt with in the categoric way"?
That this categoric judgment is seldom just, that it leads to antagonisms which actualize themselves in race riots and wars, is certainly very evident.
It always applies the categoric judgment when the judgment is adverse, and admits grudgingly that in each group or race there are certain individuals who possess good qualities.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "categoric" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
