type |
n |
lex_filenum |
09 |
def |
a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world |
def |
an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena |
examples |
theories can incorporate facts and laws and tested hypotheses true in fact and theory |
Outgoing links |
Hypernym |
explanation |
Derivationally related form |
theory → theorist |
Derivationally related form |
theory → theoretic; theory → theoretician |
Hyponym |
reductionism; blastogenesis; preformation, theory of preformation; scientific theory; field theory; economic theory; atomism, atomic theory, atomist theory, atomistic theory; holism, holistic theory; structuralism, structural sociology; structuralism, structural anthropology |
Part meronym |
law, law of nature; hypothesis, possibility, theory |
Incoming links |
Derivationally related form |
theoretic → theory; theoretician → theory |
Hypernym |
reductionism; blastogenesis; preformation, theory of preformation; scientific theory; field theory; economic theory; atomism, atomic theory, atomist theory, atomistic theory; holism, holistic theory; structuralism, structural sociology; structuralism, structural anthropology |
Hyponym |
explanation |
Part holonym |
law, law of nature; hypothesis, possibility, theory |
Derivationally related form |
theorist → theory |
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