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untheorized

untheorized adjective: that has not been explained by a theory.

Adjective

untheorized (not comparable)

  1. That has not been explained by a theory.
    • Law, however, is by no means an untheorized concept for Foucault. To the contrary, law is at the heart of Foucault's project.2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, chapter 5, in Illusion of Order
    • Jafari seems to be opening a new chapter in sociographical imagination, which is deeply needed within the contemporary balkanized world of value systems. Of course, this approach is immensely untheorized, and the founding patrons or matrons of the primordial school of social theory are sadly...2010, Seyed Javad Miri, chapter 3, in Reflections on the Social Thought of Allama M. T. Jafari, page 40

Origin of untheorized

From un- + theorized.

Questions about untheorized

What does untheorized mean?
Untheorized means that has not been explained by a theory.
What part of speech is untheorized?
Untheorized is an adjective.

Words near untheorized in the dictionary

  1. untheologizing
  2. untheoretic
  3. untheoretical
  4. untheorised
  5. untheorizable
  6. untheorized
  7. untherapeutic
  8. untherapeutical
  9. untherapeutically
  10. untherapized
  11. unthermalized

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