theorization

The theorization of the great chain of being was not just for "science" or "fun."

“I think it’s a time for much more empirical research rather than grand theorization.”

She invokes Louise Bourgeois’s theorization of memory as “a form of architecture.”

More remarkably, the lag time between their theorization and their direct imaging was over two centuries.

In a twist of historical fate, Adolf Hitler’s rise coincided with major breakthroughs in particle physics, including the theorization of nuclear fission by Lise Meitner and Otto Frisch in December 1938.