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theoretician Definition

theo·reti·cian (t̸hē′ə rə tis̸hən)

noun

a person who theorizes, esp. one who specializes in the theory of some art, science, etc.
also theorist the′o·rist (-ə rist)
theoretician Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • movement: Connolly was one of the first theoreticians of the labor movement to come from the working class.
  • social-democracy: It seems it was all the same to the theoretician of social-democracy.
  • party: While Luxemburg was the speaker and theoretician of the party, Jogiches complimented her as the organizer of the party.

Converse of object

  • work: Syllabus This course is an introduction to database theory for the working theoretician.
  • become: Whether intentional or not, Sade threw down a similar gauntlet in the theater of ethics, becoming the first theoretician of absolute rebellion.
  • provide: Black holes provide theoreticians with an important theoretical laboratory to test ideas.

Adjective modifier

  • Marxist: Kautsky The first Marxist theoreticians were divided on the question.
  • leading: The applicant is one of the few leading theoreticians invited to participate for the whole duration of the program.
  • great: He was in his prime, a very dynamic player and a great opening theoretician.
  • chief: Today this creature is the chief theoretician of the Comintern.
  • first: Kautsky The first Marxist theoreticians were divided on the question.
  • influential: Wood effectively demolishes the arguments of several highly influential theoreticians of the 1970s and 1980s who argued for a shift away from class politics.

Noun used with modifier

  • anarchist: Anarchist theoreticians, take note. ) Will TAFF survive?
  • Marxist: Nevertheless, he emerged as a great marxist theoretician and one of the most powerful speakers in Holland.