Associations to the word «Hypothetical»

Wiktionary

HYPOTHETICAL, adjective. Based upon a hypothesis; conjectural
HYPOTHETICAL, adjective. (philosophy) conditional; contingent upon some hypothesis/antecedent
HYPOTHETICAL, noun. A hypothetical situation or proposition
HYPOTHETICAL BAPTISM, noun. (religion) Baptism administered to somebody who may or may not have been baptized before.
HYPOTHETICAL TAXONOMIC UNIT, noun. An internal node in phylogenetic analysis; an inferred ancestral organism.

Dictionary definition

HYPOTHETICAL, noun. A hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc.; "consider the following, just as a hypothetical".
HYPOTHETICAL, adjective. Based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence; "theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural"; "the supposed reason for his absence"; "suppositious reconstructions of dead languages"; "hypothetical situation".

Wise words

Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.
Martin Luther King Jr.