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theorist en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈθɪəɹɪst/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈθɪəɹəst/ (General-Australian)
• /ˈθɪɹəst/ (General-American)
• /ˈθiːəɹəst/ (General-Australian)
• /ˈθiːəɹəst/ (General-American)
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *tʰáwā Ancient Greek θέᾱ (théā) Proto-Indo-European *wer-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-der. Proto-Indo-European *weyd-der. Ancient Greek ὁράω (horáō) Ancient Greek *θεᾱ-(ϝ)ορός, *θεη-(ϝ)ορός (*theā-(w)orós, *theē-(w)orós) Ancient Greek θεωρός (theōrós) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek θεωρία (theōría)bor. Late Latin theōrialbor. Middle French théoriebor. English theory Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English theorist From theory + -ist.

Meanings

1. Someone who constructs theories, especially in the arts or sciences.
   • The works of Wilhelm Weitling (1808-71) stand out amid the communist utopias of the 1840s not because he was in any sense a forerunner of Marx, but because he was himself a member of the working class and therefore a better exponent of its attitude at the time than were theorists belonging to the privileged classes. 1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume I: The Founders, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: powstanie (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 211:
   • Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains. 2012 January 14, Michael Riordan, “Tackling Infinity”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 30 Apr 2013, page 86:

Forms

Deriveds

ring theorist · ecotheorist · coincidence theorist · graph theorist · conspiracy theorist · A-theorist · game theorist · cybertheorist · nontheorist · representation theorist · group theorist · number theorist · B-theorist · chaos theorist · gap theorist

Synonyms

theoretician · theorizer · theoriser

Translations (42)

kk теорияшыл (someone who constructs theories) · mr सैद्धांतिक (someone who constructs theories) · sv teoretiker (someone who constructs theories) · sk teoretik (someone who constructs theories) · cs teoretička (someone who constructs theories) · pl teoretyk (someone who constructs theories) · cs teoretik (someone who constructs theories) · da teoretiker (someone who constructs theories) · fa تئوریسین (someone who constructs theories) · sh теоретичар (someone who constructs theories) · fr théoricien (someone who constructs theories) · ko 리론가 (someone who constructs theories) · nn teoretikar (someone who constructs theories) · es teórica (someone who constructs theories) · ga teoiricí (someone who constructs theories) · nl theoreticus (someone who constructs theories) · ro teoreticiană (someone who constructs theories) · sh teoretičarka (someone who constructs theories) · uk теоре́тик (someone who constructs theories) · pt teórico (someone who constructs theories) · fr théoricienne (someone who constructs theories) · de Theoretiker (someone who constructs theories) · io teoriisto (someone who constructs theories) · de Theoretikerin (someone who constructs theories) · eu teorialari (someone who constructs theories) · es teórico (someone who constructs theories) · sl teoretik (someone who constructs theories) · mr उपपत्तिकार (someone who constructs theories) · yue 理論家 /理论家 (someone who constructs theories) · ro teoretician (someone who constructs theories) · pt teorista (someone who constructs theories) · id teoretikus (someone who constructs theories) · ru теоре́тик (someone who constructs theories) · fi teoreetikko (someone who constructs theories) · sh теоретичарка (someone who constructs theories) · pl teoretyczka (someone who constructs theories) · ar مُنَظِّر (someone who constructs theories) · it teorico (someone who constructs theories) · cmn 理論家 /理论家 (someone who constructs theories) · ko 이론가 (someone who constructs theories) · sh teoretičar (someone who constructs theories) · no teoretiker (someone who constructs theories)