theoretician

noun

the·​o·​re·​ti·​cian ˌthē-ə-rə-ˈti-shən How to pronounce theoretician (audio)
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Examples of theoretician in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Now theoreticians’ work with loop quantum gravity has thrown the details of this evolution into stark relief. The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 31 July 2024 Within Islam, this tradition reaches back past al Qaeda and the twentieth-century theoreticians of jihad, through the rise of the ultraconservative movement of Wahhabism in the eighteenth century, and has its roots in ancient strains of Sunni theological thought. Hisham Melhem, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2015 By 1983, the W and Z bosons had their masses determined, providing an experimental validation of some of the predictions made by the theoreticians. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 9 Apr. 2024 More profoundly, the party’s theoreticians regard Western institutions as inherently alien to Muslim society, which under the AKP is Turkey’s most salient feature. Steven A. Cook, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2015 See all Example Sentences for theoretician 

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Word History

First Known Use

1782, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of theoretician was in 1782

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“Theoretician.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/theoretician. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.

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