Words Like THEORY
    
   We have put together a list of words that are similar to THEORY.
    
    
    
        
            23 Alternative Words Similar to theory
   
            
               
            
            
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        6 examples of theory
           
        
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        the theory of music
    
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        the theory and practice of medicine
    
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        Lavoisier's theory of combustion; Adam Smith's theory of moral sentiments.
    
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        they killed him on the theory that dead men tell no tales
    
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        true in fact and theory
    
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        he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices
    
       
    
    
        10 definitions of theory
           
        
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        A doctrine, or scheme of things, which terminates in speculation or contemplation, without a view to practice; hypothesis; speculation.
    
    
    
 
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        An exposition of the general or abstract principles of any science.
    
    
    
 
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        The science, as distinguished from the art.
    
    
    
 
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        The philosophical explanation of phenomena, either physical or moral
    
    
    
 
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        a belief that can guide behavior
    
    
    
 
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        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
    
    
    
 
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        a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena
    
    
    
 
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        A set of statements or principles devised to explain a group of facts or phenomena, especially one that has been repeatedly tested or is widely accepted and can be used to make predictions about natural phenomena.
    
    
    
 
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        The branch of a science or art consisting of its explanatory statements, accepted principles, and methods of analysis, as opposed to practice:  a fine musician who had never studied theory. 
    
    
    
 
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        A set of theorems that constitute a systematic view of a branch of mathematics.