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

The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.
Leo Tolstoy