nnoun.cognitiona 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 phenomenaExamples:- theories can incorporate facts and laws and tested hypotheses
- true in fact and theory
Derivationally Related Form:theoreticiantheoristtheoretic
Hypernyms:explanation
Inherited Hypernyms:theoryexplanationthinkinghigher cognitive processprocesscognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:atomic theoryatomismatomist theoryatomistic theoryblastogenesiseconomic theoryfield theoryholismholistic theorypreformationreductionismscientific theorystructural anthropologystructural sociologystructuralismtheory of preformation
Part Meronyms:hypothesis possibility theory law law of nature
Full Hyponyms:associationismatomic theoryatomismbig-bang theoryblastogenesisbohr theorycell theoryconsumerismcorpuscular theorydarwinismeconomic theoryfield theoryfunctionalismgame theorygeneral relativitygerm theorygestalt psychologyholisminformation theorykeynesianismkinetic theorykinetic theory of heatlamarckismliberalismmalthusianismmendelismmonetarismnebular hypothesisneo-darwinismneo-lamarckismorganicismplanetesimal hypothesispreformationpunctuated equilibriumquantum theoryreductionismrelativityrent seekingrutherford atomscientific theoryspecial relativitysteady state theorystructuralismsupersymmetrytheory of dissociationtheory of evolutiontheory of gravitationtheory of indicatorstheory of inheritanceuncertainty principlewave theory
nnoun.cognitiona tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomenaSynset:hypothesis possibility
Examples:- a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory
- he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices
Derivationally Related Form:theorizetheorisehypothecatetheoretictheoreticianhypothesizetheorist
Part Holonyms:theory
Hypernyms:concept conception construct
Inherited Hypernyms:hypothesisconceptideacontentcognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:assumptionconjectureframeworkgemmulehistoricismhypotheticalmodelspeculationsupposalsuppositiontheoretical account
Full Hyponyms:assumptionbasic assumptionbasisconclusioncopernican systemgemmulegivenhistoricismhypotheticalm-theorymarkov chainmarkov processmean sunmeat and potatoesmodelnon sequiturptolemaic systemrandom walksimulationspeculationstationary stochastic processstochastic processstring theory
nnoun.cognitiona belief that can guide behaviorExamples:- the architect has a theory that more is less
- they killed him on the theory that dead men tell no tales
Derivationally Related Form:theorizetheorisetheorist
Hypernyms:belief
Inherited Hypernyms:theorybeliefcontentcognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:egoismhodgepodgejumblepatchwork
Full Hyponyms:egoismpatchwork