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Meaning of theoreticist in English:

theoreticist

Pronunciation /ˌθɪəˈrɛtɪsɪst/

adjective

rare

  • Focusing upon theoretical matters and knowledge rather than practical matters and experience; advocating the belief that theoretical knowledge can be regarded independently of experience.

Origin

1950s; earliest use found in Philosophy: the journal of the British Institute of Philosophy. From theoretic + -ist, perhaps originally after Italian teoreticista.