Definition of theory

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Theory (n.) The philosophical explanation of phenomena, either physical or moral; as, Lavoisier's theory of combustion; Adam Smith's theory of moral sentiments..

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Mechanician :: Mechanician (n.) One skilled in the theory or construction of machines; a machinist.
Theoric :: Theoric (n.) Speculation; theory.
Biogenist :: Biogenist (n.) A believer in the theory of biogenesis.
#NAME? :: -ism () A suffix indicating an act, a process, the result of an act or a process, a state; also, a characteristic (as a theory, doctrine, idiom, etc.); as, baptism, galvanism, organism, hypnotism, socialism, sensualism, Anglicism..
Plutonic :: Plutonic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, the system of the Plutonists; igneous; as, the Plutonic theory..
Heterogenist :: Heterogenist (n.) One who believes in the theory of spontaneous generation, or heterogenesis..
Theory :: Theory (n.) A doctrine, or scheme of things, which terminates in speculation or contemplation, without a view to practice; hypothesis; speculation..
Benthamism :: Benthamism (n.) That phase of the doctrine of utilitarianism taught by Jeremy Bentham; the doctrine that the morality of actions is estimated and determined by their utility; also, the theory that the sensibility to pleasure and the recoil from pain are the only motives which influence human desires and actions, and that these are the sufficient explanation of ethical and jural conceptions..
Phenomenalism :: Phenomenalism (n.) That theory which limits positive or scientific knowledge to phenomena only, whether material or spiritual..
Pantisocratist :: Pantisocratist (n.) One who favors or supports the theory of a pantisocracy.
Phenomenist :: Phenomenist (n.) One who believes in the theory of phenomenalism.
Pet :: Pet (a.) Petted; indulged; admired; cherished; as, a pet child; a pet lamb; a pet theory..
Ism :: Ism (n.) A doctrine or theory; especially, a wild or visionary theory..
Perspectography :: Perspectography (n.) The science or art of delineating objects according to the laws of perspective; the theory of perspective.
Eclecticism :: Eclecticism (n.) Theory or practice of an eclectic.
Impressionist :: Impressionist (n.) One who adheres to the theory or method of impressionism, so called..
Monogenism :: Monogenism (n.) The theory or doctrine that the human races have a common origin, or constitute a single species..
Isopathy :: Isopathy (n.) The theory of curing a diseased organ by eating the analogous organ of a healthy animal.
Epigenesis :: Epigenesis (n.) The theory of generation which holds that the germ is created entirely new, not merely expanded, by the procreative power of the parents. It is opposed to the theory of evolution, also to syngenesis..
Humorism :: Humorism (n.) The theory founded on the influence which the humors were supposed to have in the production of disease; Galenism.
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