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hypothetical
/ˌhaɪpəˈθɛtɪkəl/
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What does hypothetical mean?
adjective
- Based upon a hypothesis; conjectural.
- Conditional; contingent upon some hypothesis/antecedent.
noun
- A possible or hypothetical situation or proposition.
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Accordingly, M. Figuier propounds an explanation which possesses the signal advantage that there is nothing hypothetical in it.
For many positions in the business world a hypothetical bogy should be created after the style of the quota referred to above.
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Generally they stand in no causal relation, so that explanations drawn from physiological, anatomical, or even atavistic conditions are only approximate and hypothetical.
If this be truly the case, the hypothetical dread of the too great weight of the Senate ought to be discarded from our reasonings.
This, however, I failed to inquire into—a reprehensible error on my part, considering that I was working on the basis of a hypothetical family.