Definitions
Explanation or set of ideas about how something works
Word origin
Borrowed from Middle French théorie, a learned borrowing from Late Latin theōria, borrowed from Ancient Greek θεωρία (theōría), from θεωρός (theōrós, “spectator”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).
Used in a sentence
“As they encrease the hatred of vice in some, so doe they enlarge the theory of wickednesse in all.”
“In its most proper acceptation, theory means the completed result of philosophical induction from experience.”
“Does this mean, then, that there can be no such thing as a theory of literature?”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Explaining idea”6 letters
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