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theory

noun

1 I reckon that confirms my theory:

hypothesis, thesis, conjecture, supposition, speculation, postulation, postulate, proposition, premise, surmise, assumption, presumption, presupposition, notion, guess, hunch, feeling, suspicion;

opinion, view, belief, thinking, thought(s), judgment, contention.

2 the theory of quantum physics:

principles, ideas, concepts;

principled explanations;

laws;

philosophy, ideology, system of ideas, science.

□ in theory

in theory this method is ideal—in practice it is unrealistic:

in principle, on paper, in the abstract, all things being equal, in an ideal world;

hypothetically;

French en principe.

▷antonyms in practice, in reality.