theory
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is a type of: explanation - thought that makes something comprehensiblesubtypes:
- reductionism - a theory that all complex systems can be completely understood in terms of their components
- blastogenesis - theory that inherited characteristics are transmitted by germ plasm
- preformation, theory of preformation - 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
- scientific theory - a theory that explains scientific observations
- field theory - (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
- economic theory - (economics) a theory of commercial activities (such as the production and consumption of goods)
- atomic theory, atomism, atomist theory, atomistic theory - (chemistry) any theory in which all matter is composed of tiny discrete finite indivisible indestructible particles
- holism, holistic theory - the theory that the parts of any whole cannot exist and cannot be understood except in their relation to the whole
- structural sociology, structuralism - a sociological theory based on the premise that society comes before individuals
- structural anthropology, structuralism - an anthropological theory that there are unobservable social structures that generate observable social phenomena
has:- law, law of nature - a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature
- hypothesis, possibility, theory - a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena
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is a type of: concept, conception, construct - an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instancessubtypes:
- hypothetical - a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc.
- gemmule - the physically discrete element that Darwin proposed as responsible for heredity
- framework, model, theoretical account - a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
- conjecture, speculation - a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence)
- assumption, supposal, supposition - a hypothesis that is taken for granted
- historicism - a theory that social and cultural events are determined by history
is a part of: theory - 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 phenomenasame as: hypothesis, possibility -
is a type of: belief - any cognitive content held as truesubtypes:
- egoism - (ethics) the theory that the pursuit of your own welfare in the basis of morality
- hodgepodge, jumble, patchwork - a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas
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