the•o•ret•ic
We found 5 definitions of theoretic from 4 different sources.
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theoretic - concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; "theoretical science" | ||
theoretical | ||
empiric, empirical relying on medical quackery; "empiric treatment" | ||
abstractive of an abstracting nature or having the power of abstracting; "abstractive analysis" | ||
a priori involving deductive reasoning from a general principle to a necessary effect; not supported by fact; "an a priori judgment" | ||
conjectural, hypothetic, hypothetical, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious, divinatory, supposed based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence; "theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural"; "the supposed reason for his absence"; "suppositious reconstructions of dead languages"; "hypothetical situation" | ||
speculative, notional not based on fact or investigation; "a notional figure of cost helps in determining production costs"; "speculative knowledge" | ||
metaphysical highly abstract and overly theoretical; "metaphysical reasoning" |