theoretic
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edit- theoretick (obsolete)
Etymology
editEnglish theory + -etic, from Latin theōrēticus, from Ancient Greek θεωρητικός (theōrētikós).
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edittheoretic (comparative more theoretic, superlative most theoretic)
- Concerned with theories or hypotheses rather than with practical matters.
- 1826, Rev. James Gilchrist, The Perpetuity of Christian Baptism Maintained, page 43:
- 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.
- Existing only in theory, not proven in reality.
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editconcerned with theories or hypotheses
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existing only in theory
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