hypotheticadj.n.

/hʌɪpə(ʊ)ˈθɛtɪk/

/hɪpə(ʊ)ˈθɛtɪk/

Etymology: < Greek ὑποθετικός, pertaining to ὑπόθεσις : see hypothesis n. Compare French hypothétique.

A. adj.

= hypothetical adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > speculation > hypothesis > [adjective] > based on hypothesis

hypothetical1665

putationary1669

hypothetica1680

subjunctive1834

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > [adjective] > conditional or hypothetical

conditional1532

connexive1587

hypothetical1588

connex1589

connexed1628

substitutive1656

future contingent1659

hypothetica1680

theoretic1789

conjunctivea1856

counterfactual1946

contrafactual1950

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical syllogism > [adjective] > of types of syllogism

modal1569

hypothetical1588

prosyllogistical1588

contract1605

prosyllogistic1652

monstrative1653

enthymematic1654

epicheirematic1656

hypothetica1680

pure1697

indirect1728

dialectal1767

tollent1770

conjunctivea1856

hypothetico-disjunctivea1856

schematica1856

unfigureda1856

subsumptive1884

episyllogistic1886

a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 66 On hypothetic Dreams and Visions Grounds everlasting Disquisitions.

1701 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World I. ii. 94 That which gives it the form of a hypothetic, and distinguishes it from a categoric proposition.

1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab Notes 164 Admitting the existence of this hypothetic being.

1876 R. Noel in Macmillan's Mag. XXXIV. 334 How these hypothetic entities [atoms] pulsate and radiate, whirl and travel.

1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 5 This effect was ascribed to the presence of a hypothetic body.

B. n.

†1. A hypothetical statement, a hypothesis; in Logic, a hypothetical proposition or syllogism (= hypothetical n.). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > [noun] > conditional or hypothetical proposition

conditional judgement or proposition1532

connex1628

hypothetical1654

hypothesis1656

future contingent1659

hypothetic1698

conditional1828

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical syllogism > [noun] > hypothetical or conditional syllogism

hypothetical1654

hypothetic1698

conditional syllogism1864

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 48 Modest Hypotheticks, not any ways informing the Understanding.

1701 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World I. ii. 122 This double hypothetic, that if the proposition be true the extremes do really exist, and..that unless the extremes do really exist the proposition cannot be true.

2. n. plural. The making of hypotheses; hypothesizing.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > speculation > hypothesis > [noun] > forming of

put-case1565

salving1575

case-putting1645

hypothetic1890

1890 A. Lang Life Sir S. Northcote (ed. 2) II. xiii. 89 That belongs to the science of hypothetics, and anyone may sincerely believe that matters might have been kept quiet by a sagacious and well-informed policy.

1958 New Biol. 25 15 Perhaps we shall be helped to estimate its importance by an exercise in hypothetics.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	hypothetic
释义	hypotheticadj.n. /hʌɪpə(ʊ)ˈθɛtɪk//hɪpə(ʊ)ˈθɛtɪk/ Etymology: < Greek ὑποθετικός, pertaining to ὑπόθεσις : see hypothesis n. Compare French hypothétique. A. adj. = hypothetical adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > speculation > hypothesis > [adjective] > based on hypothesis hypothetical1665 putationary1669 hypothetica1680 subjunctive1834 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > [adjective] > conditional or hypothetical conditional1532 connexive1587 hypothetical1588 connex1589 connexed1628 substitutive1656 future contingent1659 hypothetica1680 theoretic1789 conjunctivea1856 counterfactual1946 contrafactual1950 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical syllogism > [adjective] > of types of syllogism modal1569 hypothetical1588 prosyllogistical1588 contract1605 prosyllogistic1652 monstrative1653 enthymematic1654 epicheirematic1656 hypothetica1680 pure1697 indirect1728 dialectal1767 tollent1770 conjunctivea1856 hypothetico-disjunctivea1856 schematica1856 unfigureda1856 subsumptive1884 episyllogistic1886 a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 66 On hypothetic Dreams and Visions Grounds everlasting Disquisitions. 1701 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World I. ii. 94 That which gives it the form of a hypothetic, and distinguishes it from a categoric proposition. 1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab Notes 164 Admitting the existence of this hypothetic being. 1876 R. Noel in Macmillan's Mag. XXXIV. 334 How these hypothetic entities [atoms] pulsate and radiate, whirl and travel. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 5 This effect was ascribed to the presence of a hypothetic body. B. n. †1. A hypothetical statement, a hypothesis; in Logic, a hypothetical proposition or syllogism (= hypothetical n.). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > [noun] > conditional or hypothetical proposition conditional judgement or proposition1532 connex1628 hypothetical1654 hypothesis1656 future contingent1659 hypothetic1698 conditional1828 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical syllogism > [noun] > hypothetical or conditional syllogism hypothetical1654 hypothetic1698 conditional syllogism1864 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 48 Modest Hypotheticks, not any ways informing the Understanding. 1701 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World I. ii. 122 This double hypothetic, that if the proposition be true the extremes do really exist, and..that unless the extremes do really exist the proposition cannot be true. 2. n. plural. The making of hypotheses; hypothesizing. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > speculation > hypothesis > [noun] > forming of put-case1565 salving1575 case-putting1645 hypothetic1890 1890 A. Lang Life Sir S. Northcote (ed. 2) II. xiii. 89 That belongs to the science of hypothetics, and anyone may sincerely believe that matters might have been kept quiet by a sagacious and well-informed policy. 1958 New Biol. 25 15 Perhaps we shall be helped to estimate its importance by an exercise in hypothetics. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.n.a1680
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