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theoretical
adjective as in hypothetical
Strongest matches
abstract, academic, analytical, imaginative, intellectual, logical, metaphysical, philosophical, speculative, vague
Weak matches
as a premise, assumed, codified, conjectural, contingent, formalistic, formularized, general, ideal, idealized, ideational, ideological, impractical, in the abstract, in theory, instanced, notional, on paper, pedantic, postulated, presumed, problematical, pure, quixotic, suppositional, tentative, transcendent, transcendental, unearthly, unproved, unsubstantiated
Example Sentences
That same year, Adam Smith published “The Wealth of Nations,” providing theoretical underpinning for the American experiment in free markets.
Advancing the theoretical models of memory will be instrumental to gaining new insights into the human mind and recreating humanlike memory in AI agents.
The study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, provides the theoretical foundation that could eventually lead to new electronic devices controlled by simple magnets.
Their work demonstrated that tunnelling can happen not only in a more theoretical world, but also in electrical circuits in the 'real world'.
Some people can live for many years with MND, including theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, who was diagnosed at the age of 22 and lived to 76.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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