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Synonyms for hypothesis


Grammar : Noun
Spell : hahy-poth-uh-sis, hi-
Phonetic Transcription : haɪˈpɒθ ə sɪs, hɪ-

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Définition of hypothesis

Origin :
  • 1590s, from Middle French hypothese and directly from Late Latin hypothesis, from Greek hypothesis "base, basis of an argument, supposition," literally "a placing under," from hypo- "under" (see sub-) + thesis "a placing, proposition" (see thesis). A term in logic; narrower scientific sense is from 1640s.
  • noun theory
Example sentences :
  • Every one must admit, I think, that what Tolstoi has said of the hypothesis of the play is justified.
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • Either view of the matter will serve one in immediate need of an hypothesis.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
  • And the construction of any hypothesis whatever is the work of the imagination.
  • Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
  • Of the correctness of this hypothesis it is unnecessary to speak.
  • Extract from : « Life: Its True Genesis » by R. W. Wright
  • No hypothesis he could form even remotely approached an explanation.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
  • But against the Darwinian hypothesis this argument has no force.
  • Extract from : « The Origin of Species » by Thomas H. Huxley
  • This hypothesis was so improbable that Darwin himself was forced to recognize it.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • What meaning has this fact upon any other hypothesis or supposition than one of successive modification?
  • Extract from : « A Critical Examination Of The Position Of Mr. Darwin's Work, "On The Origin Of Species," In Relation To The Complete Theory Of The Causes Of The Phenomena Of Organic Nature » by Thomas H. Huxley
  • But he could show nothing of the kind, and his hypothesis has pretty well dropped into oblivion, as it deserved to do.
  • Extract from : « A Critical Examination Of The Position Of Mr. Darwin's Work, "On The Origin Of Species," In Relation To The Complete Theory Of The Causes Of The Phenomena Of Organic Nature » by Thomas H. Huxley
  • One fact with which it is positively inconsistent is worth as much, and as powerful in negativing the hypothesis, as five hundred.
  • Extract from : « A Critical Examination Of The Position Of Mr. Darwin's Work, "On The Origin Of Species," In Relation To The Complete Theory Of The Causes Of The Phenomena Of Organic Nature » by Thomas H. Huxley

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