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What is "hypothetic" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does hypothetic mean in English? Meaning of hypothetic definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "hypothetic" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "hypothetic": based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence

Adjective

  • Meaning: based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence
  • Example: theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural the supposed reason for his absence suppositious reconstructions of dead languages hypothetical situation
  • Synonyms: conjectural divinatory hypothetic hypothetical supposed suppositional suppositious supposititious
  • Similar: theoretic theoretical
  • Adjective: based on hypothesis or theory; hypotheticalexisting as an abstract concept rather than a concrete reality 1890, Henry James, The Tragic Muse: The thing that was best for her would no doubt be to become the wife of the man to whose suit she should incline her ear. That this would be the best thing for the gentleman in question was however a very different matter, and Sherringham's final conviction was that it would never do for him to act the part of that hypothetic personage.1890, Henry James, The Tragic Muse: The thing that was best for her would no doubt be to become the wife of the man to whose suit she should incline her ear. That this would be the best thing for the gentleman in question was however a very different matter, and Sherringham's final conviction was that it would never do for him to act the part of that hypothetic personage.

    • Synonyms:

    alleged, apparent, conjectural, hypothetical, inferential, likely, presumptive, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious, suppositive, asserted, presumed, presupposed, purported, abstract, academic, analytical, assumed, conjectural, contingent, general, hypothetical, ideal, imaginative, impractical, as a premise, codified, formalistic, formularized, idealized, ideational, ideological, in the abstract, in theory, instanced, intelle,

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