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thetical

thetical adjective: laid down; absolute or positive, like a law or constituting the truth.

Adjective

thetical (comparative more thetical, superlative most thetical)

  1. (obsolete) Laid down; absolute or positive, like a law or constituting the truth.
    • eating of the fruit, was merely Thetical or positive, not Indispensable and Natural1662, Henry More, The Defence of the Moral Cabbala

Forms of thetical

comparativemore thetical
superlativemost thetical

Origin of thetical

From Ancient Greek θετικός (thetikós), from θέσῐς (thésĭs). See thesis and compare hypothetical.

Questions about thetical

What does thetical mean?
Thetical means laid down; absolute or positive, like a law or constituting the truth.
What part of speech is thetical?
Thetical is an adjective.

Words near thetical in the dictionary

  1. thetes
  2. Thetford
  3. Thetford Center
  4. thether
  5. thetic
  6. thetical
  7. thetically
  8. Thetidian
  9. thetine
  10. thetines
  11. Thetis

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