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theoretic

adj
/ˌθiːəˈɹɛtɪk/

Etymology

English theory + -etic, from Latin theōrēticus, from Ancient Greek θεωρητικός (theōrētikós).

  1. derived from θεωρητικός
  2. borrowed from theōrēticus

Definitions

  1. Concerned with theories or hypotheses rather than with practical matters.

    • 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.

  2. Existing only in theory, not proven in reality.

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Derived

conspiracy-theoretic, graph-theoretic, group-theoretic, group theoretic, information-theoretic death, number-theoretic function, property-theoretic, ring theoretic, set-theoretic difference, string theoretic, X-bar theoretic

Vish — recursive loop

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