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Theorize

verb

(past & past part. theorized; pres. part. theorizing)

To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds. Synonyms: conjecture, hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, suppose, theorise.

Construct a theory about.

Form or construct theories.

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"Theorize" Quotes from Famous Books

... the French Revolution—they regard as so much hot air. Canadians since 1837 have had "liberty, equality, fraternity." Why rant about it? And when they didn't have it, they fought for it and went to the scaffold for it, and got it. The day's work—that's all. Why posturize and theorize about platitudes? Canadians are not interested in the Lloyd George theory of the poor plundering the prosperous, because every man or woman who tries in Canada can succeed. He may hoe some long hard rows. Let him hoe! It will harden flabby muscle ...

— The Canadian Commonwealth • Agnes C. Laut

... theorize about building its nest, or boast of it when built? All good work is essentially done that way—without hesitation, without difficulty, without boasting; and in the doers of the best, there is an inner and involuntary power ...

— Selections From the Works of John Ruskin • John Ruskin

... approach to the problems of labor is academic. Men in sanctuaries forever far removed from the endless hum and buzz and roar of machinery, with an intellectual background and individual ambitions forever far removed from the interests and desires of those who labor in factory and mill, theorize—and another volume is added to ...

— Working With the Working Woman • Cornelia Stratton Parker

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