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theorist

[thee-er-ist, theer-] / ˈθi ər ɪst, ˈθɪər- /
NOUN
philosopher
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"We want to be a place where there's a mixing of lots of perspectives, and this is us practicing what we preach -- a cosmologist working closely with a condensed matter theorist."

From Science Daily Jun. 19, 2026

A U.S. naval officer, historian, and military theorist, Mahan argued that control of the seas was the key to empires from Rome to Britain.

From Barron's Jun. 5, 2026

And he took an interest in Jones, the conspiracy theorist and radio and internet host.

From Los Angeles Times May 21, 2026

At times, he gives off the air of a professor, donning blue blazers and short-sleeved button-down shirts as he quotes the political theorist Hannah Arendt.

From The Wall Street Journal May 19, 2026

Cicero was both theorist and practitioner of rhetoric—lawyer, politician, and teacher.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

I'm sorry to disappoint any conspiracy theorists, but I can promise you there aren't any clandestine meetings between Fifa's executive committee and the referees.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

He has a well-documented history of trafficking in conspiracy theories himself, which made his ambiguous invocation of federal involvement a kind of implicit validation to conspiracy theorists that there might be more to the story.

From Salon Jul. 13, 2026

The researchers argue that today's leading model of brain function shares striking similarities with ideas that originated with Sigmund Freud and have been developed by psychoanalytic theorists for more than a century.

From Science Daily Jul. 1, 2026

One is the sheer complexity of the federal budget and its absurd lack of transparency; this is catnip for conspiracy theorists.

From MarketWatch Jun. 4, 2026

These language theorists then make up rules that clarify grammar and spelling and point out the relationships between words.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones




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