Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

theoretic

/ˌθiːəˈɹɛtɪk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.59 in modern English

Syllables: the-o-ret-ic
IPA: /ˌθiːəˈɹɛtɪk/

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Concerned with theories or hypotheses rather than with practical matters.

adj

Existing only in theory, not proven in reality.

Example Sentences

"We shall, therefore, only very humbly submit whether the whole statement be not rather too theoretic and somewhat too darkly adumbrated in ambiguous phraseology for plain, uncollegian understandings."

Etymology

English theory + -etic, from Latin theōrēticus, from Ancient Greek θεωρητικός (theōrētikós).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: theōrēticus, θεωρητικός
Suffix: theory

Inflected Forms

more theoretic (comparative) most theoretic (superlative) theoretick (alternative)

Derived Forms

metatheoretic theoretician theoreticism theoreticity theoreticize untheoretic

Phrases

conspiracy-theoretic graph-theoretic group theoretic group-theoretic information-theoretic information-theoretic death number-theoretic function property-theoretic

Frequently Paired Words

theoretical

Synonyms

theoretical

Questions

How do you pronounce theoretic?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌθiːəˈɹɛtɪk/.
What does theoretic mean?: Concerned with theories or hypotheses rather than with practical matters.
Where does theoretic come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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