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category mistake

cat·e·go·ry mis·take (plural cat·e·go·ry mis·takes)


noun 
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mistake in logic: an error of logic where concepts belonging to different categories are inappropriately related. For example, "Horses are bipeds" is merely incorrect, but "Horses are binary" is a category mistake.

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