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THEORETICIAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does theoretician mean?
• THEORETICIAN (noun)
The noun THEORETICIAN has 1 sense:
1. someone who theorizes (especially in science or art)
Familiarity information: THEORETICIAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who theorizes (especially in science or art)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
idealogue; theoretician; theoriser; theorist; theorizer
Hypernyms ("theoretician" is a kind of...):
intellect; intellectual (a person who uses the mind creatively)
Domain category:
art; artistic creation; artistic production (the creation of beautiful or significant things)
science; scientific discipline (a particular branch of scientific knowledge)
Derivation:
theory (a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena)
theory (a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena)
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