Thesaurus results for THEORIST

theorist

noun

as in philosopher

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Recent Examples of theorist Regardless, the hot-button topic of immigration enforcement taps into emotions and fear, said Daniel Lawrence, an associate professor at University of Wisconsin-Superior and a digital media theorist. —

Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 27 Jan. 2026 Writing in the show’s catalogue, curator and critic Magalí Arriola cites Urbano’s interest in theorist Michel Foucault’s concept of heterotopia. —

Javier Montes, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026 One evening, the couple met an acquaintance of Lotringer’s, the cultural theorist Dick Hebdige, for sushi in Pasadena. —

Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025 According to media theorist Marshall McLuhan, every medium is an extension of our physical or mental faculties. —

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The technique was inextricably bound to his worldview as a prober and philosopher uncommitted to absolute truth or inflexible morality; in Preminger’s world, there are always myriad perspectives that, if not equally valid, are equally considered.

— Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 27 Feb. 2026
The ancient Greek philosopher Zeno used it to concoct all sorts of paradoxes.

— Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 25 Feb. 2026