Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pretheoretically

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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

26

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Before taking any theoretical considerations into account.

Example Sentences

"I don’t dispute that some cases of this sort—involving a subject who differentially doubts what, pretheoretically, we would take to be one and the same thought-content, entertained twice—might be best described by hypothesizing a difference in content."

Etymology

From pretheoretical + -ly.

Questions

What does pretheoretically mean?: Before taking any theoretical considerations into account.
Where does pretheoretically come from?: From pretheoretical + -ly.

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