theoretic
Adjective
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Concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations (synset 300863798)
"theoretical science"similar to:
- abstractive - of an abstracting nature or having the power of abstracting
- a priori - based on hypothesis or theory rather than experiment
- conjectural, divinatory, hypothetic, hypothetical, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious - based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence
- notional, speculative - not based on fact or investigation
- metaphysical - highly abstract and overly theoretical
- theory-based - based in theory rather than experiment
same as: theoretical
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