Definition of speculation

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Speculation (n.) The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given or assumed.

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Speculation :: Speculation (n.) Mental view of anything in its various aspects and relations; contemplation; intellectual examination.
Speculation :: Speculation (n.) Any business venture in involving unusual risks, with a chance for large profits..
Dilettant :: Dilettant (a.) Of or pertaining to dilettanteism; amateur; as, dilettant speculation..
Speculative :: Speculative (a.) Given to speculation; contemplative.
Theorization :: Theorization (n.) The act or product of theorizing; the formation of a theory or theories; speculation.
Theoric :: Theoric (n.) Speculation; theory.
Speculation :: Speculation (n.) The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given or assumed.
Freethinking :: Freethinking (n.) Undue boldness of speculation; unbelief.
Philosophation :: Philosophation (n.) Philosophical speculation and discussion.
Trancscendental :: Trancscendental (a.) Vaguely and ambitiously extravagant in speculation, imagery, or diction..
Speculative :: Speculative (a.) Involving, or formed by, speculation; ideal; theoretical; not established by demonstration..
Pan :: Pan (v. i.) To turn out (profitably or unprofitably); to result; to develop; as, the investigation, or the speculation, panned out poorly..
Plunge :: Plunge (v. i.) To bet heavily and with seeming recklessness on a race, or other contest; in an extended sense, to risk large sums in hazardous speculations..
Reimburse :: Reimburse (v. t.) To make restoration or payment of an equivalent to (a person); to pay back to; to indemnify; -- often reflexive; as, to reimburse one's self by successful speculation..
Freethinking :: Freethinking (a.) Exhibiting undue boldness of speculation; skeptical.
Theorist :: Theorist (n.) One who forms theories; one given to theory and speculation; a speculatist.
Speculation :: Speculation (n.) Power of sight.
Transcendent :: Transcendent (a.) Transcending, or reaching beyond, the limits of human knowledge; -- applied to affirmations and speculations concerning what lies beyond the reach of the human intellect..
Bubble :: Bubble (n.) Anything that wants firmness or solidity; that which is more specious than real; a false show; a cheat or fraud; a delusive scheme; an empty project; a dishonest speculation; as, the South Sea bubble..
Speculation :: Speculation (n.) A game at cards in which the players buy from one another trumps or whole hands, upon a chance of getting the highest trump dealt, which entitles the holder to the pool of stakes..
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