WordNet: theory

a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena; "theories can incorporate facts and laws and tested hypotheses"; "true in fact and theory"

• hypernym explanation

• hyponym reductionism

• hyponym blastogenesis

• hyponym preformation, theory of preformation

• hyponym scientific theory

• hyponym field theory

• hyponym economic theory

• hyponym atomic theory, atomism, atomist theory, atomistic theory

• hyponym holism, holistic theory

• hyponym structural sociology, structuralism

• hyponym structural anthropology, structuralism

theory

• (englanti) theoretician (derivationally related)

• (englanti) theorist (derivationally related)

• (englanti) theoretic (derivationally related)
• (suomi) teoria (synonyymi)