Antonyms for hypothetical
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : hahy-puh-thet-i-kuhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌhaɪ pəˈθɛt ɪ kəl |
Definition of hypothetical
Origin :- 1580s, from Greek hypothetikos "pertaining to a hypothesis," from hypothesis (see hypothesis). Related: Hypothetically; hypothetic.
- adj guessed, assumed
- In other words, the hypothetical cause is, so far, competent to produce effects similar to those of the real cause.
- Extract from : « A Critical Examination Of The Position Of Mr. Darwin's Work, "On The Origin Of Species," In Relation To The Complete Theory Of The Causes Of The Phenomena Of Organic Nature » by Thomas H. Huxley
- The great power of this principle of selection is not hypothetical.
- Extract from : « On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection » by Charles Darwin
- It was a hypothetical condition which he had never even considered.
- Extract from : « The Daffodil Mystery » by Edgar Wallace
- This idea is le bien public, the hypothetical welfare of other people.
- Extract from : « War and Peace » by Leo Tolstoy
- And now to return to the hypothetical part of my conclusions.
- Extract from : « The Albert Gate Mystery » by Louis Tracy
- It is in this way we arrive at the hypothetical conception of the elemental soul.
- Extract from : « The Complex Vision » by John Cowper Powys
- There is no one point in their system which is not hypothetical.
- Extract from : « The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume I, No. 7, July, 1880 » by Various
- And, besides, we have some facts in the treatise which are not hypothetical.
- Extract from : « If, Yes and Perhaps » by Edward Everett Hale
- This I shall term the hypothetical employment of the reason.
- Extract from : « The Critique of Pure Reason » by Immanuel Kant
- We have considered two hypothetical transfers of taxes to land.
- Extract from : « Distributive Justice » by John A. (John Augustine) Ryan
Synonyms for hypothetical
- academic
- assumptive
- casual
- concocted
- conditional
- conjecturable
- conjectural
- contestable
- contingent
- debatable
- disputable
- doubtful
- equivocal
- imaginary
- imagined
- indefinite
- indeterminate
- postulated
- presumptive
- presupposed
- pretending
- problematic
- provisory
- putative
- questionable
- refutable
- speculative
- stochastic
- supposed
- suppositional
- suppositious
- suspect
- theoretic
- theoretical
- uncertain
- unconfirmed
- vague
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