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theoreticity

theoreticity noun: the quality of being theoretic.

Noun

theoreticity (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being theoretic.
    • Marxism is critical discourse retained as a sword against the status quo, against the old class. Turned outward only, it is a half compliance with the culture of critical discourse. But it strives to elude theoreticity and abstract formalism, and with this has won a third of the world.1979, Alvin W[ard] Gouldner, “Thesis Fifteen: The Political Context”, in The Future of Intellectuals and the Rise of the New Class: A Frame of Reference, Theses, Conjectures, Arguments, and an...
    • Critical theory in trying to restore the public sphere must not renounce its theoreticity. The world is complex and must be theorized complexly. The postmodern aversion to theory is symptomatic of a stupid age.1991, Ben Agger, “Introduction: Critical Theory Goes Public”, in A Critical Theory of Public Life: Knowledge, Discourse and Politics in an Age of Decline (Critical Perspectives on Literacy and...

Synonyms of theoreticity

Origin of theoreticity

From theoretic + -ity.

Questions about theoreticity

What does theoreticity mean?
Theoreticity means the quality of being theoretic.
What part of speech is theoreticity?
Theoreticity is a noun.

Words near theoreticity in the dictionary

  1. theoretically
  2. theoreticalness
  3. theoretician
  4. theoreticians
  5. theoreticism
  6. theoreticity
  7. theoreticize
  8. theoreticized
  9. theoreticizes
  10. theoreticizing
  11. theoretick

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