theorist

noun

the·​o·​rist ˈthē-ə-rist How to pronounce theorist (audio)
ˈthir-ist
: a person who theorizes

Examples of theorist in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Critical race theorists were a group of legal scholars in the 1970s and ’80s who documented ways that the American legal framework of racial equality was nevertheless producing unequal treatment. Rachel Poser January Lavoy Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 4 June 2024 That would include all the problems complexity theorists have traditionally studied, even those known to be unsolvable in the real world. Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 3 June 2024 Political theorists like Stephen Hopgood have demonstrated how human rights practitioners too often demand that victims of human rights abuses be morally perfect, before their human rights claims are defended. Michael Blake, The Conversation, 31 May 2024 In an influential 1989 law-review article, Mari Matsuda, a law professor at the University of Hawaii and an early critical-race theorist, argued that the significance of speech and its acceptability on a university campus turned on who was speaking and who was being spoken to. Charles Homans Gabra Zackman Anna Diamond Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 29 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for theorist 

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Word History

First Known Use

1646, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of theorist was in 1646

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“Theorist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/theorist. Accessed 15 Jun. 2024.

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theorist

noun
the·​o·​rist ˈthē-ə-rəst How to pronounce theorist (audio)
ˈthi(-ə)r-əst
: a person who theorizes
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