Definition of theory

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Theory (n.) The science, as distinguished from the art; as, the theory and practice of medicine..

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Transmutation :: Transmutation (n.) The change of one species into another, which is assumed to take place in any development theory of life; transformism..
Pet :: Pet (a.) Petted; indulged; admired; cherished; as, a pet child; a pet lamb; a pet theory..
Huttonian :: Huttonian (a.) Relating to what is now called the Plutonic theory of the earth, first advanced by Dr. James Hutton..
Cerebralism :: Cerebralism (n.) The doctrine or theory that psychical phenomena are functions or products of the brain only.
Theory :: Theory (n.) The philosophical explanation of phenomena, either physical or moral; as, Lavoisier's theory of combustion; Adam Smith's theory of moral sentiments..
#NAME? :: -ism () A suffix indicating an act, a process, the result of an act or a process, a state; also, a characteristic (as a theory, doctrine, idiom, etc.); as, baptism, galvanism, organism, hypnotism, socialism, sensualism, Anglicism..
Stahlian :: Stahlian (a.) Pertaining to, or taught by, Stahl, a German physician and chemist of the 17th century; as, the Stahlian theory of phlogiston..
Theorize :: Theorize (v. i.) To form a theory or theories; to form opinions solely by theory; to speculate.
Learned :: Learned (a.) Of or pertaining to learning; possessing, or characterized by, learning, esp. scholastic learning; erudite; well-informed; as, a learned scholar, writer, or lawyer; a learned book; a learned theory..
Eclecticism :: Eclecticism (n.) Theory or practice of an eclectic.
Theory :: Theory (n.) A doctrine, or scheme of things, which terminates in speculation or contemplation, without a view to practice; hypothesis; speculation..
Wernerian :: Wernerian (a.) Of or pertaining to A. G. Werner, The German mineralogist and geologist, who classified minerals according to their external characters, and advocated the theory that the strata of the earth's crust were formed by depositions from water; designating, or according to, Werner's system..
Darwinism :: Darwinism (n.) The theory or doctrines put forth by Darwin. See above.
Integration :: Integration (n.) In the theory of evolution: The process by which the manifold is compacted into the relatively simple and permanent. It is supposed to alternate with differentiation as an agent in development.
Epigenetic :: Epigenetic (a.) Of or pertaining to the epigenesis; produced according to the theory of epigenesis.
Humorism :: Humorism (n.) The theory founded on the influence which the humors were supposed to have in the production of disease; Galenism.
Epigenesist :: Epigenesist (n.) One who believes in, or advocates the theory of, epigenesis..
Heterogenist :: Heterogenist (n.) One who believes in the theory of spontaneous generation, or heterogenesis..
Evolutionism :: Evolutionism (n.) The theory of, or belief in, evolution. See Evolution, 6 and 7..
Idealism :: Idealism (n.) The system or theory that denies the existence of material bodies, and teaches that we have no rational grounds to believe in the reality of anything but ideas and their relations..
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