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HYPOTHETIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hypothetic mean?
• HYPOTHETIC (adjective)
The adjective HYPOTHETIC has 1 sense:
1. based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence
Familiarity information: HYPOTHETIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence
Synonyms:
conjectural; divinatory; hypothetic; hypothetical; supposed; suppositional; suppositious; supposititious
Context example:
hypothetical situation
Similar:
theoretic; theoretical (concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations)
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