English adjective: theoretical |
1. | theoretical concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations |
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| Samples | Theoretical science.
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| Synonyms | theoretic |
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| Similar | a priori, abstractive, conjectural, divinatory, hypothetic, hypothetical, metaphysical, notional, speculative, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious, theory-based |
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| Antonyms | empirical, empiric |
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2. | theoretical concerned with theories rather than their practical applications |
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| Samples | Theoretical physics.
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| Similar | abstract, academic, pure |
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| Antonyms | applied |
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