hypothesization
noun1
Formal An act or process of hypothesizing, of forming a hypothesis or hypotheses, typically concerning a particular topic of research or basis for action.
- The "doctrine of invariant sequence" is ...less a true doctrine than a special definition of cognitive development ..., less a dogma than the hypothesization of logically necessary culturally invariant temporal sequences in the way children change their minds...1976, Theodore Schwartz, editor, Socialization as Cultural Communication, University of California Press: