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hypothetical

adj
/ˌhaɪpəˈθɛtɪkəl//ˌhaɪpəˈθɛɾɪkəɫ/US

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὑποθετικός (hupothetikós).

  1. derived from ὑποθετικός

Definitions

  1. Based upon a hypothesis

    Based upon a hypothesis; conjectural.

  2. Conditional

    Conditional; contingent upon some hypothesis/antecedent.

  3. A possible or hypothetical situation or proposition.

    • These hypotheticals serve no purpose until we have more information.
    • Philosophers of doom tend to get hung up on elaborate sci-fi-inflected hypotheticals.

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Derived

antihypothetical, hypothetical baptism, hypothetical imperative, hypotheticality, hypothetically, hypothetical taxonomic unit, nonhypothetical, unhypothetical

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for hypothetical. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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