Meaning of theoretical in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions
  3. Qualitative Adjective
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    theoretical

    Definitions

    1. based on specialized theory

    Examples

    • « a theoretical analysis »

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  2. Qualitative Adjective

    theoretical

    Definitions

    1. concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations

    Examples

    • « theoretical science »

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  3. 2. concerned with theories rather than their practical applications

    Examples

    • « theoretical physics »

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  • « If philosophy is practice, a demand to know the manner in which its history is to be studied is entailed: a theoretical attitude toward it becomes real only in the living appropriation of its contents from the texts. »
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