THEORIZATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does theorization mean? 

• THEORIZATION (noun)
  The noun THEORIZATION has 1 sense:

1. the production or use of theories

  Familiarity information: THEORIZATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THEORIZATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The production or use of theories

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

theorisation; theorization

Hypernyms ("theorization" is a kind of...):

conjecture (reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "theorization"):

ideology (imaginary or visionary theorization)

abstraction; generalisation; generalization (the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances)

Derivation:

theorize (form or construct theories)

theorize (construct a theory about)