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Theoretic

//ˌθiːəˈɹɛtɪk// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Concerned with theories or hypotheses rather than with practical matters.

    "We shall, therefore, only very humbly submit whether the whole statement be not rather too theoretic and somewhat too darkly adumbrated in ambiguous phraseology for plain, uncollegian understandings."

  2. 2
    Existing only in theory, not proven in reality.
Adjective
  1. 1
    concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations wordnet

Etymology

English theory + -etic, from Latin theōrēticus, from Ancient Greek θεωρητικός (theōrētikós).

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