theoretic
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- theoretick (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
English theory + -etic, from Latin theōrēticus, from Ancient Greek θεωρητικός (theōrētikós).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
theoretic (comparative more theoretic, superlative most theoretic)
- Concerned with theories or hypotheses rather than with practical matters.
- 1826, Rev. James Gilchrist, The Perpetuity of Christian Baptism Maintained, page 43:
- We shall, therefore, only very humbly submit whether the whole statement be not rather too theoretic and somewhat too darkly adumbrated in ambiguous phraseology for plain, uncollegian understandings.
- Existing only in theory, not proven in reality.
Hyponyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
some are hyponyms too. Please sort them out, as the user who added these was lazy:)
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Translations[edit]
concerned with theories or hypotheses
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existing only in theory
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