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antihypothetical en · ADJ

Etymology

From anti- + hypothetical.

Meanings

1. Opposing the use of hypotheses.
   • According to Janet, the antihypothetical attitude characteristic of the post-Newtonian period had begun to change in recent years (1883: 474). He differed sharply from Cousin on this issue, defending hypotheses as necessary to direct experimentation in the natural sciences (1883: 468). 2004, Warren Schmaus, Rethinking Durkheim and his Tradition, page 78:

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