Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pretheoretical

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: prethe-o-ret-i-cal
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Arising before any theoretical considerations

Example Sentences

"Let’s grant, as seems plausible, that […] knowledge of what it takes to be a T, according to our pretheoretical notion of Ts, has an important role to play in settling metaphysical disputes about the nature of Ts."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English theoretical English pretheoretical From pre- + theoretical.

Derived Forms

pretheoretically

Frequently Paired Words

pretheory

Questions

What does pretheoretical mean?: Arising before any theoretical considerations
Where does pretheoretical come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English theoretical English pretheoretical From pre- + theoretical.

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