Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or based on a hypothesis.
- adjective Conditional; contingent.
- noun A hypothetical circumstance, condition, scenario, or situation.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
hypothetic , and the more common form. - A proposition consisting of two or more clauses united by conjunctions, or which states a relation to exist between different possibilities.
- noun A hypothetical proposition.
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- adjective Based upon a
hypothesis ;conjectural - adjective philosophy
conditional ;contingent upon some hypothesis/antecedent - noun A hypothetical situation or proposition
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- noun a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc.
- adjective based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I pointed out that your hypothetical is a complete distortion of how we actually use bridges and fund that usage, and has nothing to do with HSR.
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Of course, my hypothetical is theoretical, as I am not talking about a real thing that has attributes A, B, and C.
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Further Left You Are the Less You Know About Economics: 2010
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ARENA: Well, you know, both those men have refused to deal with what they call hypothetical situations.
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Warner Johnson, an ESDC spokesperson, declined to discuss what he called hypothetical changes to eminent domain law, but he reaffirmed its importance.
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The Gallup survey shows similar results to those of a recent CNN poll that also indicated the same three Republicans are locked in hypothetical race for the party's nomination.
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Scales said he was speaking to Sterner in hypothetical terms.
jAMES SCALES 2010
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The problem I have with your hypothetical is that libertarian paternalism, like cost-benefit analysis, is designed to be governing philosophy for a broad range of policy decisions (even if it has not yet been widely adopted).
The Volokh Conspiracy » More on Behavioral Economics and Regulatory Policy: 2010
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According to the survey, Dodd is losing or tied with all of his potential Republican challengers in hypothetical 2010 general election matchups.
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The poll also indicates that Cuomo, a Democrat who is expected to announce that he's running for governor, holds very large leads over possible Republican contenders in hypothetical general election matchups.
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Your hypothetical is completely irrelevant to the issue we are discussing.
jmjarmstrong commented on the word hypothetical
JM asks have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?
August 13, 2011
jmjarmstrong commented on the word hypothetical
JM asks have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?
August 13, 2011
jmjarmstrong commented on the word hypothetical
JM asks have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?
August 13, 2011