a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena
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theory::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | hypothesis, possibility |
| Type of | concept, construct, conception |
| Has types | speculation, conjecture, framework, gemmule, historicism, hypothetical, model, assumption, supposal, supposition, theoretical account |
| Derivation | theorist, theorize, theoretic, theoretician, theorise |
a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory.
he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | belief |
| Has types | patchwork, jumble, hodgepodge, egoism |
| Derivation | theorize, theorist, theorise |
the architect has a theory that more is less.
they killed him on the theory that dead men tell no tales.
theory::noun | Spocien Dictionary
a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | explanation |
| Has types | atomism, atomist theory, holistic theory, field theory, structural sociology, structuralism, holism, atomic theory, preformation, reductionism, scientific theory, theory of preformation, structural anthropology, blastogenesis, economic theory, atomistic theory |
| Derivation | theorist, theoretician, theoretic |
true in fact and theory.
