theorist

noun

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

Examples of theorist in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The figures of the mermaid, the nymph, and the water queen all connote a kind of eroticized, passive to-be-looked-at-ness, to borrow the film theorist Laura Mulvey’s term. Sophia Stewart, The Atlantic, 21 June 2024 Aharonov, widely regarded as a leading contemporary quantum theorist, joins the likes of Isaac Newtown, Albert Einstein, Robert Oppenheimer and Stephen Hawking in an elite group of Royal Society fellows. Jonathan Horwitz, Orange County Register, 19 June 2024 And this fact makes prime number twins, which have the smallest possible distance between them (apart from 2 and 3), so interesting to number theorists. Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 7 June 2024 Complexity theorists traditionally study problems with different possible inputs represented by strings of bits, or 0s and 1s. Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 3 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for theorist 

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Word History

First Known Use

1646, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of theorist was in 1646

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“Theorist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/theorist. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.

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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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