TheoryWordNet Explorer
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a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena
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an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
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a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc.
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the physically discrete element that Darwin proposed as responsible for heredity
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a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
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a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence)
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a hypothesis that is taken for granted
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a theory that social and cultural events are determined by history