"theoretician" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: theoreticians [plural]
Etymology: From theoretic + -ician. Etymology templates: {{af|en|theoretic|-ician}} theoretic + -ician Head templates: {{en-noun}} theoretician (plural theoreticians)
  1. Someone who is expert in the theory of a particular science or art. Categories (topical): People Translations (expert in the theory of a science or art): теоретик (teoretik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), teoreetikko (Finnish), θεωρητικός (theoritikós) [masculine] (Greek), teorico (Italian), teorizzatore [masculine] (Italian), теоретичар (teoretičar) [masculine] (Macedonian), teoretiker [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), teoretikar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), teoretiker [common-gender] (Swedish), теоре́тик (teorétyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-theoretician-en-noun-rJlwXKzQ Disambiguation of People: 100 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ician, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ician: 86 14 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of 'expert in the theory of a science or art': 100 0
  2. A theorist.
    Sense id: en-theoretician-en-noun-UevConww
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: group theoretician, number theoretician

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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