theory
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(noun) a belief that can guide behavior; "the architect has a theory that more is less"; "they killed him on the theory that dead men tell no tales" |
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Related Words: belief, hodgepodge, jumble, patchwork |
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(noun) an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena; "true in fact and theory" |
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Related Words: blastogenesis, cognitive content, content, economic theory, mental object, reductionism, scientific theory, structuralism |
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(noun) a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena; "he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices" |
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Synonyms: hypothesis, possibility |
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Related Words: assumption, concept, conception, conjecture, construct, framework, model, speculation, supposition, theoretical account |
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