(v. i.) To form a theory or theories; to form opinions solely by theory; to speculate.
Example Sentences:
(1) Current research may shed more light on this latter component and also provide the data for future psychoanalytic theorizing about character and personality.
(2) Wicker's (this issue) article on substantive theorizing outlines an approach to theory and research that helps communicate the structure and process of doing research on a complex area.
(3) It is theorized that the hippocampus (HPC) is necessary for generating and updating cognitive maps.
(4) At low pH, it is theorized that the trapezoidal profile of the dimer is shifted to a more rectangular configuration such that flat ribbons are formed by the lateral association of dimers.
(5) It is theorized that the persistent infection of LCL may serve as a model in understanding the immune mechanisms which permit latent and chronic measles infection in man.
(6) Theory testing is distinguished from post hoc theorizing.
(7) It has been theorized that the legalization of providers of denture care other than dentists would make dentures more affordable to and therefore more often obtained by individuals of lower socioeconomic status.
(8) Spence advocates the gathering of brute data while denying or downplaying the epistemological value of theorizing and of interpretive understandings.
(9) This essay argues that gender is an irreducible category of clinical observation and theorizing, as crucial to the family therapy paradigm as the concept of "generation."
(10) Theorizing departing from prototypicality vs. script accounts of inference-making was critically evaluated, and a predictive script activation mechanism, relevant to lipreading skill, was suggested.
(11) In addition, analyses were performed to determine whether these theorized mechanisms represent stable within individual abilities or task specific capabilities.
(12) It has been theorized that vascular leakage of the protein-rich fluid leads to fibrosis caused by the accumulation of fibroblasts and macrophages.
(13) Historically, it has been theorized that the elevated oxidant sensitivity of G6PD-deficient erythrocytes arises as the direct consequence of decreased intracellular glutathione (GSH) concentrations.
(14) This article uses the current controversies in the British debate about health to illustrate the need to theorize, and therefore critically evaluate, the links between medicine and health policies, including health care policies.
(15) We theorize that the pattern of salient antecedents and consequences evoked by the core event are related to its judged desirability and likelihood by several adaptive principles, such that when a change is directly induced in one part of the belief system it produces predictable remote adjustments in other parts.
(16) Because endothelial stress fibers are theorized to be part of the cytoskeletal mechanism by which microvessels maintain their barrier function, the effect of these eicosanoids on stress fibers in bovine aortic endothelial cells was tested.
(17) A recent New Zealand study can be challenged on the grounds of inadequate theorization, questionable modelling and operationalization, and the ignoring of contradictory data.
(18) Recognized inadequacies of the aminoglycosides and the development of new antibiotics with significant activity against gram-negative bacilli are commonly cited reasons for the theorized decline of these compounds.
(19) These findings suggest that the two types of calcification do not have different prognostic values as theorized previously.
(20) Several errors of fact and interpretation in psychoanalytic theorizing about family relations are discussed.
Theory
Definition:
(n.) A doctrine, or scheme of things, which terminates in speculation or contemplation, without a view to practice; hypothesis; speculation.
(n.) An exposition of the general or abstract principles of any science; as, the theory of music.
(n.) The science, as distinguished from the art; as, the theory and practice of medicine.
(n.) The philosophical explanation of phenomena, either physical or moral; as, Lavoisier's theory of combustion; Adam Smith's theory of moral sentiments.
Example Sentences:
(1) This theory was confirmed by product analysis and by measuring the affinity of the substrate for the enzyme by its inhibition of p-nitrophenyl glucoside hydrolysis.
(2) The position of the cyst supports the theory that branchial cysts are congenital in origin.
(3) It helped pay the bills and caused me to ponder on the disconnection between theory and reality.
(4) Implications of the theory for hypothesis testing, theory construction, and scales of measurement are considered.
(5) This observation, reinforced by simultaneous determinations of cortisol levels in the internal spermatic and antecubital veins, practically excluded the validity of the theory of adrenal hormonal suppression of testicular tissues.
(6) In 1935, Einstein challenged the prevailing interpretation of quantum theory.
(7) These results are interpreted in terms of the accessory binding site theory of Ariëns, and suggest the existence of different accessory binding sites on the Ascaris GABA receptor.
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(9) This theory is supported by a previous experimental report.
(10) On the assumption of a distribution in properties of the suspension according to the theory of Bruggeman, the capacitance is calculated to have a value of about one half this.5.
(11) These findings do not support the theory that 5-HT1C receptor activation causes migraine.
(12) Only one part of the theory of Alajouanine and colleagues has been confirmed by our experiments for our results have shown that there is a very close correlation between semantic paraphasias and disorders of semantic differentiation whilst no correlation can be found between phonemic paraphasias and disturbances in auditory phonemic discrimination.
(13) A new theory for the peculiar site selection of cholesteatomas of the external auditory canal is postulated.
(14) However, our theory differs in several important respects from the latter efforts.
(15) This paper provides an overview of the theory, indicating its contributions--such as a basis for individual psychotherapy of severe disorders and a more effective understanding of countertransference--and its shortcomings--such as lack of an explanation for the effects of physical and cognitive factors on object relatedness.
(16) The various theories of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) are reviewed.
(17) Comparison with values predicted from theory shows that the distribution of protein among the various cross-linked species, obtained after different extents of exposure to cross-linker, is consistent with a two-layered arrangement of subunits involving one type of interaction between subunits from different layers and another between subunits within the same layer.
(18) For each theory, a constraint on preformance is proposed based on interference between the "analytic" and "synthetic" pitch perception modes.
(19) Republican presidential hopeful Scott Walker has refused to say whether he believes in the theory of evolution, arguing that it is “a question a politician shouldn’t be involved in one way or the other”.
(20) These findings support the theory that plasma-membrane-cytoskeleton interactions have a role in the expression of specific immunity; the findings also identify new areas that should be considered in trying to understand the primary immunodeficiency diseases.