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hypothesis
  1. (sciences) Used loosely, a tentative conjecture explaining an observation, phenomenon or scientific problem that can be tested by further observation, investigation and/or experimentation. As a scientific term of art, see the attached quotation. Compare to theory, and quotation given there.
  2. (general) An assumption taken to be true for the purpose of argument or investigation.
  3. (grammar) The antecedent of a conditional statement.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “This hypothesis contradicts the view that people fight to secure control over environmental riches.”
      “My hypothesis that the watch is in your pocket because you stole it, is not an ad hoc hypothesis.”
      “According to the heterotroph hypothesis, hydrogen was not a chief component of the atmosphere when life began.”
hypothesizer
hypotheticality
  1. (uncountable) The state or property of being hypothetical.
  2. (countable) Something of hypothetical nature.
hypothome
hypothetist
  1. One who proposes or supports a hypothesis.
hypothesiser
  1. Alternative form of hypothesizer
hypothetical
hypotheticalities
  1. plural of hypotheticality
hypothesisers
  1. plural of hypothesiser
hypothesizers
hypotheticals
  1. plural of hypothetical
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The president keeps wanting to debate fiction or hypotheticals rather than debate the reality of what's on the ground.”
      “I don't think that it's really useful to get into hypotheticals about what we may or may not do.”
      “Most of us focus on our own lives and few of us enjoy thinking about horrific hypotheticals.”
hypothetists
  1. plural of hypothetist
hypotheses
  1. plural of hypothesis
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The transformation rules may comprise both causal hypotheses and modal transforms.”
      “The problem with existing adaptationist hypotheses of human reproductive behavior is twofold.”
      “His distaste for hypotheses is the natural reaction of a man in possession of a far superior instrument for winnowing truth from error.”
hypothomes
  1. plural of hypothome
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