hypothetic

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In a recent article for Foreign Policy, Stephen Walt imagined a hypothetic scenario in which the U.S. announced military action to punish Brazil for the deforestation of the Amazon.

From Slate • Aug. 23, 2019

My sorry dreams of love synthetic Will never not be hypothetic, And people call me misanthropic, Whenever I bring up this topic.

From Slate • May 3, 2018

Then in one of many tonal shifts, she raises her voice, irritated at the audience’s hypothetic gratitude: “But I made you tense!”

From New York Times • Mar. 19, 2018

Here, sure enough, are sad new intricacies in the Diplomatic, hypothetic sphere of things; and clouds piling themselves ahead, in a very minatory manner to King Friedrich.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 15 by Carlyle, Thomas

Although this too hypothetic conception is now forgotten, it is sufficient for our purposes.

From Essay on the Creative Imagination by Baron, Albert Heyem Nachmen