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pre-theoretical

pre-theoretical adjective: arising before any theoretical considerations.

Adjective

pre-theoretical (not comparable)

  1. Arising before any theoretical considerations.
    • Likewise, the force function can be related in an obvious way to the pre-theoretical notion of how much "push and pull" it takes to set some medium-sized physical object in motion and keep it moving.1979, Joseph D. Sneed, The Logical Structure of Mathematical Physics

Forms of pre-theoretical

alternative formpretheoretical

Origin of pre-theoretical

From pre- + theoretical.

Questions about pre-theoretical

What does pre-theoretical mean?
Pre-theoretical means arising before any theoretical considerations.
What part of speech is pre-theoretical?
Pre-theoretical is an adjective.

Words near pre-theoretical in the dictionary

  1. pre-teenhood
  2. pre-teens
  3. pre-test
  4. pre-tests
  5. pre-theistic
  6. pre-theoretical
  7. pre-theoreticality
  8. pre-tin
  9. pre-tinned
  10. pre-tinning
  11. pre-tins

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