Dictionary

theoretic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˌθiːəˈɹɛtɪk/
• /ˌθɪə̯ˈɹɛtɪk/
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Etymology

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

Meanings

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. 1826, Rev. James Gilchrist, The Perpetuity of Christian Baptism Maintained, page 43:
2. Existing only in theory, not proven in reality.

Forms

Deriveds

theoreticity · group theoretic · graph-theoretic · theoreticize · property-theoretic · theoreticism · group-theoretic · information-theoretic · number-theoretic function · metatheoretic · ring theoretic · string theoretic · untheoretic · X-bar theoretic · set-theoretic difference · conspiracy-theoretic · information-theoretic death · theoretician

Hyponyms

set-theoretic · number-theoretic · ring-theoretic

Relateds

theoretical

Translations (27)

bg хипотетичен (concerned with theories or hypotheses) · ar نَظَرِيّ (concerned with theories or hypotheses) · oc teoric (existing only in theory) · oc teoretic (concerned with theories or hypotheses) · bg теоретичен (existing only in theory) · he תֵּאוֹרֵטִי (existing only in theory) · io teoriala (concerned with theories or hypotheses) · ja 理論上の (existing only in theory) · fr théorétique (concerned with theories or hypotheses) · de theoretisch (concerned with theories or hypotheses) · es teórico (existing only in theory) · ca teòric (concerned with theories or hypotheses) · de theoretisch (existing only in theory) · vo teorik (concerned with theories or hypotheses) · fi teoreettinen (concerned with theories or hypotheses) · ja 理論的な (concerned with theories or hypotheses) · fr théorique (existing only in theory) · bg предполагаем (concerned with theories or hypotheses) · ru теорети́ческий (existing only in theory) · he תֵּאוֹרֵטִי (concerned with theories or hypotheses) · fi teoreettinen (existing only in theory) · es teórico (concerned with theories or hypotheses) · ru теорети́ческий (concerned with theories or hypotheses) · ca teòric (existing only in theory) · vo teorik (existing only in theory) · vo teorodik (concerned with theories or hypotheses) · pl teoretyczny (existing only in theory)