pretheoretically

adverb

Before taking any theoretical considerations into account.

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Meanings

adverbpretheoretically (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBefore taking any theoretical considerations into account.

    I don’t dispute that some cases of this sort—involving a subject who differentially doubts what, pretheoretically, we would take to be one and the same thought-content, entertained twice—might be best described by hypothesizing a difference in content.

    2007 December 29, Sanford Goldberg, “Must Differences in Cognitive Value be Transparent?”, in Erkenntnis, volume 69, number 2, →DOI

Origin

From pretheoretical + -ly.

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APA

pretheoretically. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pretheoretically

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“pretheoretically.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pretheoretically. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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