theory
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1. a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | concept, conception, construct, |
| definition | : | an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | hypothetical, |
| definition | : | a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc. (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | gemmule, |
| definition | : | the physically discrete element that Darwin proposed as responsible for heredity (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | conjecture, speculation, |
| definition | : | a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence) (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | historicism, |
| definition | : | a theory that social and cultural events are determined by history (noun.cognition) |
| part meronym | : | theory, |
| definition | : | a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena (noun.cognition) |
2. a belief that can guide behavior (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | belief, |
| definition | : | any cognitive content held as true (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | egoism, |
| definition | : | (ethics) the theory that the pursuit of your own welfare in the basis of morality (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | hodgepodge, jumble, patchwork, |
| definition | : | a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas (noun.cognition) |
3. a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | explanation, |
| definition | : | thought that makes something comprehensible (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | reductionism, |
| definition | : | a theory that all complex systems can be completely understood in terms of their components (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | blastogenesis, |
| definition | : | theory that inherited characteristics are transmitted by germ plasm (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | preformation, theory of preformation, |
| definition | : | a theory (popular in the 18th century and now discredited) that an individual develops by simple enlargement of a tiny fully formed organism (a homunculus) that exists in the germ cell (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | scientific theory, |
| definition | : | a theory that explains scientific observations (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | field theory, |
| definition | : | (physics) a theory that explains a physical phenomenon in terms of a field and the manner in which it interacts with matter or with other fields (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | economic theory, |
| definition | : | (economics) a theory of commercial activities (such as the production and consumption of goods) (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | holism, holistic theory, |
| definition | : | the theory that the parts of any whole cannot exist and cannot be understood except in their relation to the whole (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | structural anthropology, structuralism, |
| definition | : | an anthropological theory that there are unobservable social structures that generate observable social phenomena (noun.cognition) |
| part holonym | : | law, law of nature, |
| definition | : | a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature (noun.cognition) |
| part holonym | : | hypothesis, possibility, theory, |
| definition | : | a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena (noun.cognition) |
4. a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | theoretic, theoretical, |
| definition | : | concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations (adj.all) |
5. a belief that can guide behavior (noun.cognition)
6. a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | theoretic, theoretical, |
| definition | : | concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations (adj.all) |
7. a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | theoretic, theoretical, |
| definition | : | concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations (adj.all) |
8. a belief that can guide behavior (noun.cognition)
9. a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | theoretic, theoretical, |
| definition | : | concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations (adj.all) |
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