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hypothetical

adj. 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"

notional, speculative, hypothetic

adj. not based on fact or investigation; "a notional figure of cost helps in determining production costs"; "speculative knowledge"

conjectural

adj. 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"

notional, imaginary, imagined

adj. not based on fact; dubious; "the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties"- F.D.Roosevelt; "a small child's imaginary friends"; "her imagined fame"; "to create a notional world for oneself"

experimental, data-based, observational

adj. relying on observation or experiment; "experimental results that supported the hypothesis"

test, trial, model, pilot, experimental

adj. of the nature of or undergoing an experiment; "an experimental drug"

deductive

adj. (a priori)

abstract, academic

adj. dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention; "abstract reasoning"; "abstract science"

abstractive

adj. of an abstracting nature or having the power of abstracting; "abstractive analysis"

assumed, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious

adj. 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"

metaphysical

adj. highly abstract and overly theoretical; "metaphysical reasoning"

theory-based

adj. based in theory rather than experiment; "theory-based arguments and positions"

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