hypothetical.

Definition von hypothetical. im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: A hypothetical situation or proposition
These hypotheticals serve no purpose until we have more information.; {a} supposed, feigned, conditional; {s} assumed, supposed; of or pertaining to a hypothesis, theoretical; An interpretation of a practical situation for determining a course of action; Characterized by, or of the nature of, an hypothesis; conditional; assumed without proof, for the purpose of reasoning and deducing proof, or of accounting for some fact or phenomenon; Based upon a hypothesis; conjectural; based on hypothesis; "a hypothetical situation"; "the site of a hypothetical colony; If something is hypothetical, it is based on possible ideas or situations rather than actual ones. Let's look at a hypothetical situation in which Carol, a recovering cocaine addict, gets invited to a party. a purely hypothetical question. = theoretical + hypothetically hypo·theti·cal·ly He was invariably willing to discuss the possibilities hypothetically = theoretically. based on a situation that is not real, but that might happen hypothetical situation/example/question; one of Kant's four main perspectives, aiming to establish a kind of knowledge which is both analytic and a posteriori (though Kant himè²želf wrongly identified it as synthetic and a priori) Most metaphysical knowledge is properly viewed from this perspective, instead of from the specèµ´lative perspective of traditional metaphysics 'There is a God' is a typical hypothetical statement (Cf logical); based on hypothesis; "a hypothetical situation"; "the site of a hypothetical colony"; one of Kant's four main perspectives, aiming to establish a kind of knowledge which is both analytic and a posteriori (though Kant himself wrongly identified it as synthetic and a priori) Most metaphysical knowledge is properly viewed from this perspective, instead of from the speculative perspective of traditional metaphysics 'There is a God' is a typical hypothetical statement (Cf logical)