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theoretical

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Entry Word: theoretical
Function: adjective
Meaning:
also theoretic
1 existing only as an assumption or speculation <the merits of the new testing procedures are purely theoretical, since no one has ever used them before>
Synonyms conjectural, hypothetical, speculative, suppositional
Related Words alleged, assumed, presumed, presupposed, proposed, supposed, unproved, unproven, untested; academic, debatable, moot; abstract, conceptual, intellectual; nonclinical, nonpractical; nonempirical
Near Antonyms clinical, practical; concrete, defined, definite, distinct; attested, authenticated, confirmed, demonstrated, established, proven, substantiated, tested, time-tested, validated, verified; empirical (also empiric), observational
Antonyms actual, factual, real
2 dealing with or expressing a quality or idea <that's just theoretical thinking and hasnʼt much to do with real life> — see abstract 1

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