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antitheoretical

antitheoretical adjective: opposing theory.

Adjective

antitheoretical (comparative more antitheoretical, superlative most antitheoretical)

  1. Opposing theory.
    • This claim has been called immoralism […] but the underlying position is better described as an antitheoretical view of the relation between moral and aesthetic value.2006, Matthew Kieran, Contemporary debates in aesthetics and the philosophy of art, page 343

Forms of antitheoretical

comparativemore antitheoretical
superlativemost antitheoretical

Origin of antitheoretical

From anti- + theoretical.

Questions about antitheoretical

What does antitheoretical mean?
Antitheoretical means opposing theory.
What part of speech is antitheoretical?
Antitheoretical is an adjective.

Words near antitheoretical in the dictionary

  1. antitheological
  2. antitheologies
  3. antitheology
  4. antitheorem
  5. antitheorems
  6. antitheoretical
  7. antitherapeutic
  8. antitherapy
  9. antithermic
  10. antithermogenic
  11. antitheses

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