Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

theoretician

/ˌθɪə.rəˈtɪʃ.(ə)n/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.03 in modern English

Syllables: the-o-reti-cian
IPA: /ˌθɪə.rəˈtɪʃ.(ə)n/

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who is expert in the theory of a particular science or art.

noun

Example Sentences

"“They have numerically confirmed, perhaps for the first time, something we were fairly sure had to be true, but was still a conjecture — namely that the thermodynamics of certain black holes can be reproduced from a lower-dimensional universe,” says Leonard Susskind, a theoretical physicist at Stanford University in California who was among the first theoreticians to explore the idea of holographic universes."

Etymology

From theoretic + -ician.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˌθɪə.rəˈtɪʃ.(ə)n/

Inflected Forms

theoreticians (plural)

Phrases

group theoretician number theoretician

Synonyms

theorist theorizer theoriser idealogue

Rhymes With

position addition competition commission mission condition edition definition opposition permission tradition recognition

Questions

How do you pronounce theoretician?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌθɪə.rəˈtɪʃ.(ə)n/.
What does theoretician mean?: Someone who is expert in the theory of a particular science or art.
Where does theoretician come from?: From theoretic + -ician.

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