theorist

noun

the·​o·​rist ˈthē-ə-rist How to pronounce theorist (audio)
ˈthir-ist
: a person who theorizes

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But various theorists have pointed out that the universe is far from homogeneous and instead peppered with high density galaxies and giant voids that form into giant filamentary-type structures on an even larger scale. The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024 Some of the most famous intellectuals who benefited and enriched the Committee’s discussions are Leo Strauss (1899–1973), Hannah Arendt (1906-1975), Allan Bloom (1930-1992), and Saul Bellow (1915-2005): political philosophers, theorists, novelists, and a classicist. Alejandro Antonio Chafuen, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024 Despite these advances, interest in the surface code remained confined to a small community of theorists — people who weren’t working with qubits in the lab. Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 9 Dec. 2024 In Searls’s account, which draws heavily on the work of the twentieth-century French theorist Antoine Berman, translation was first a matter of content, and only later a matter of form. Max Norman, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for theorist 

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First Known Use

1588, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of theorist was in 1588

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“Theorist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/theorist. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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theorist

noun
the·​o·​rist ˈthē-ə-rəst How to pronounce theorist (audio)
ˈthi(-ə)r-əst
: a person who theorizes
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