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theory
Overview of noun theory
The noun theory has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (62) theory -- (a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena; "theories can incorporate facts and laws and tested hypotheses"; "true in fact and theory")
2. (28) hypothesis, possibility, theory -- (a tentative theory about the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena; "a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory"; "he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices")
3. (5) theory -- (a belief that can guide behavior; "the architect has a theory that more is less"; "they killed him on the theory that dead men tell no tales")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun theory
3 senses of theory
Sense 1
theory
=> explanation
=> thinking, thought, thought process, cerebration, intellection, mentation
=> higher cognitive process
=> process, cognitive process, mental process, operation, cognitive operation
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
hypothesis, possibility, theory
=> concept, conception, construct
=> idea, thought
=> content, cognitive content, mental object
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
theory
=> belief
=> content, cognitive content, mental object
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun theory
3 senses of theory
Sense 1
theory
=> reductionism
=> blastogenesis
=> preformation, theory of preformation
=> scientific theory
=> field theory
=> economic theory
=> atomism, atomic theory, atomist theory, atomistic theory
=> holism, holistic theory
=> structuralism, structural sociology
=> structuralism, structural anthropology
Sense 2
hypothesis, possibility, theory
=> hypothetical
=> model, theoretical account, framework
=> speculation, conjecture
=> assumption, supposition, supposal
Sense 3
theory
=> egoism
=> patchwork, hodgepodge, jumble
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun theory
3 senses of theory
Sense 1
theory
=> explanation
Sense 2
hypothesis, possibility, theory
=> concept, conception, construct
Sense 3
theory
=> belief
Antonyms of noun theory
Member Holonyms of noun theory
Substance Holonyms of noun theory
Part Holonyms of noun theory
1 of 3 senses of theory
Sense 2
hypothesis, possibility, theory
PART OF: theory
Member Meronyms of noun theory
Substance Meronyms of noun theory
Part Meronyms of noun theory
1 of 3 senses of theory
Sense 1
theory
HAS PART: law, law of nature
HAS PART: hypothesis, possibility, theory
Meronyms of noun theory
1 of 3 senses of theory
Sense 1
theory
HAS PART: law, law of nature
HAS PART: hypothesis, possibility, theory
Holonyms of noun theory
1 of 3 senses of theory
Sense 2
hypothesis, possibility, theory
PART OF: theory
Attributes of noun theory
Derived Forms of noun theory
3 senses of theory
Sense 1
theory
RELATED TO>(noun) theorist#1
=> theorist, theoretician, theorizer, theoriser, idealogue
RELATED TO>(adj) theoretic#1
=> theoretical, theoretic
RELATED TO>(noun) theoretician#1
=> theorist, theoretician, theorizer, theoriser, idealogue
Sense 2
hypothesis, possibility, theory
RELATED TO>(noun) theorist#1
=> theorist, theoretician, theorizer, theoriser, idealogue
RELATED TO>(adj) theoretic#1
=> theoretical, theoretic
RELATED TO>(noun) theoretician#1
=> theorist, theoretician, theorizer, theoriser, idealogue
RELATED TO>(verb) theorize#1
=> speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose
RELATED TO>(verb) theorise#1
=> speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose
Sense 3
theory
RELATED TO>(noun) theorist#1
=> theorist, theoretician, theorizer, theoriser, idealogue
RELATED TO>(verb) theorize#1
=> speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose
RELATED TO>(verb) theorise#1
=> speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose
Domain of noun theory
Domain Terms of noun theory
Familiarity of noun theory
theory used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun theory
3 senses of theory
Sense 1
theory
> explanation
=> interpretation, interpreting, rendition, rendering
=> rationale, principle
=> key
=> rationalization, rationalisation
=> theory
Sense 2
hypothesis, possibility, theory
> concept, conception, construct
=> conceptualization, conceptualisation, conceptuality
=> notion
=> category
=> rule, regulation
=> property, attribute, dimension
=> abstraction, abstract
=> quantity
=> part, section, division
=> whole
=> law, natural law
=> law, law of nature
=> lexicalized concept
=> hypothesis, possibility, theory
=> fact
=> rule, linguistic rule
Sense 3
theory
> belief
=> conviction, strong belief, article of faith
=> faith, trust
=> doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism
=> philosophy
=> expectation, outlook, prospect
=> fetishism, fetichism
=> geneticism
=> meliorism
=> opinion, sentiment, persuasion, view, thought
=> autotelism
=> originalism
=> pacifism, pacificism
=> religion, faith, religious belief
=> public opinion, popular opinion, opinion, vox populi
=> revolutionism
=> sacerdotalism
=> spiritualism
=> spiritual world, unseen
=> suffragism
=> supernaturalism
=> superstition, superstitious notion
=> supremacism
=> theory
=> theosophism
=> thought
=> totemism
=> tribalism
=> values
=> vampirism
=> individualism
=> spiritual being, supernatural being
Meronyms of noun theory
3 senses of theory
Sense 1
theory
HAS PART: law, law of nature
HAS PART: hypothesis, possibility, theory
=> explanation
HAS PART: basis, base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, cornerstone
Holonyms of noun theory
1 of 3 senses of theory
Sense 2
hypothesis, possibility, theory
PART OF: theory
Grep of noun theory
arrhenius theory of dissociation
association theory
atomic theory
atomist theory
atomistic theory
big-bang theory
big bang theory
bohr theory
cell theory
communication theory
corpuscular theory
corpuscular theory of light
domino theory
economic theory
einstein's general theory of relativity
einstein's special theory of relativity
einstein's theory of relativity
field theory
galois theory
game theory
general relativity theory
general theory of relativity
germ theory
gravitational theory
group theory
holistic theory
information theory
kinetic theory
kinetic theory of gases
kinetic theory of heat
m-theory
malthusian theory
newton's theory of gravitation
ostwald's theory of indicators
philosophical theory
plate tectonic theory
political theory
probability theory
quantum field theory
quantum theory
relativity theory
scientific theory
set theory
special relativity theory
special theory of relativity
string theory
theory
theory of dissociation
theory of electrolytic dissociation
theory of evolution
theory of games
theory of gravitation
theory of gravity
theory of indicators
theory of inheritance
theory of organic evolution
theory of preformation
theory of punctuated equilibrium
theory of relativity
undulatory theory
wave theory
wave theory of light
Grep of adj theory
theory-based
Grep of adv theory
in theory
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