Before revision: A category mistake , or category error, or categorical mistake, or mistake of category , is a semantic or ontological error in which things belonging to a particular category are presented as if they belong to a different category, or, alternatively, a property is ascribed to a thing that could not possibly have that property.
After revision: A category mistake ( ) category error, or categorical mistake, or mistake of category , is a semantic or ontological error in which things belonging to a particular category are presented as if they belong to a different category, or, alternatively, a property is ascribed to a thing that could not possibly have that property.