单词	speculative
释义	speculative adjective spec·​u·​la·​tive ˈspe-kyə-lə-tiv  -ˌlā- 1 : involving, based on, or constituting intellectual speculation also : theoretical rather than demonstrable speculative knowledge 2 : marked by questioning curiosity gave him a speculative glance 3 : of, relating to, or being a financial speculation speculative stocks speculative venture speculatively adverb Synonyms academic academical conjectural hypothetical suppositional theoretical theoretic See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences His conclusions are highly speculative. a writer with a speculative mind a speculative boom in housing construction Recent Examples on the Web Many of the comments were speculative and appeared to reflect personal opinion rather than a coordinated effort to undermine Brazilian democracy. Diane Jeantet, ajc, 23 Aug. 2022 Tokyo was the region’s dominant financial center until the implosion of Japan’s speculative asset bubble in the 1990s. Clay Chandler, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2022 Of course, the sustainability of any private enterprise depends on making money, and the prospects for a gold rush on the moon are still speculative. Rebecca Boyle, Scientific American, 28 July 2022 But what about the speculative bubble inherent to NFTs. Steven Zeitchik, Washington Post, 26 July 2022 Their bonds are all double B speculative-grade credit. Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes, 1 May 2022 All that new money was helping to fund another speculative bubble while simultaneously leaving little room for the Fed to maneuver in the event of another crash. New York Times, 16 Jan. 2022 The speculative frenzy over NFTs has been a boon to OpenSea. Justin Scheck, WSJ, 12 Feb. 2022 The highly speculative market for them peaked in 2021 with $41 billion in sales but has slowed sharply due to the recent slide in cryptocurrencies. Alexandra Peers, CNN, 13 July 2022 See More Word History First Known Use 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Phrases Containing speculative anti-speculative anti-speculative Legal Definition speculative adjective spec·​u·​la·​tive ˈspe-kyə-lə-tiv, -ˌlā-  1 : involving, based on, or constituting intellectual speculation also : theoretical rather than demonstrable speculative medical testimony concerning the cause of death 2 : of, relating to, or being a financial speculation speculative securities speculative home building speculative adjective as in hypothetical existing only as an assumption or speculation a speculative explanation of why this ancient pottery was found hundreds of miles from where it was made Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance hypothetical theoretical theoretic conjectural proposed metaphysical suppositional conceptual academical academic unproven unproved debatable alleged supposed presumed untested abstract assumed presupposed moot nonclinical intellectual nonempirical nonpractical Antonyms & Near Antonyms actual factual real practical clinical definite concrete distinct empirical observational defined confirmed empiric demonstrated substantiated validated proven tested established verified attested authenticated nonspeculative time-tested nontheoretical See More
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