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ALL meanings of category mistake

cat·e·go·ry mis·take
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  • noun category mistake a sentence that says of something in one category what can only intelligibly be said of something in another, as when speaking of the mind located in space 3
  • noun category mistake A semantic or ontological error by which a property is ascribed to a thing that could not possibly have that property. 0
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