theoretic
adj/ˌθiːəˈɹɛtɪk/ · /ˌθɪə̯ˈɹɛtɪk/
Etymology English theory + -etic, from Latin theōrēticus, from Ancient Greek θεωρητικός (theōrētikós).
1
Concerned with theories or hypotheses rather than with practical matters.
- We shall, therefore, only very humbly submit whether the whole statement be not rather too theoretic and somewhat too darkly adumbrated in ambiguous phraseology for plain, uncollegian understandings.1826, Rev. James Gilchrist, The Perpetuity of Christian Baptism Maintained, page 43:
2
Existing only in theory, not proven in reality.
- Derived terms
- conspiracy-theoretic, graph-theoretic, group theoretic, group-theoretic, information-theoretic, information-theoretic death, metatheoretic, number-theoretic function, property-theoretic, ring theoretic, set-theoretic difference, string theoretic, theoretician, theoreticism, theoreticity, theoreticize, untheoretic, X-bar theoretic
- Related terms
- theoretical
- Hyponyms
- number-theoretic, ring-theoretic, set-theoretic