Definition of Atheoretical

1. Adjective. Independent of theory ¹

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Definition of Atheoretical

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Atheoretical

athelings
athels
athematic
athenaeum
athenaeums
atheneite
atheneum
atheneums
athenium
atheological
atheology
atheophobe
atheophobes
atheophobia
atheophobic
atheoretical (current term)
atheosis
atheous
atherectomies
atherine
atherines
atherinomorph
atherinomorphs
athermal
athermancy
athermanous
athermic
athermosystaltic
athermotactic

Literary usage of Atheoretical

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cultural Competence for Evaluators: A Guide for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse edited by Mario A. Orlandi (1998)
"atheoretical evaluation may be able to say something about the success or ... atheoretical evaluation research in this context is viewed as a sort of ..."

2. Conceptions of Social Inquiry by J. J. Snyman (1993)
"The implication of Popper's rejection of an atheoretical observational ... Rational tests under Popperian conditions require an atheoretical method of ..."

3. Schizophrenia, 1993: A Special Report edited by David Shore, Samuel J. Keith (1996)
"The DSM-HI system is essentially atheoretical. Although it has relied on a consistent process of literature review, with an effort to extract maximal ..."

4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1832)
"... occupy 21 pages of the Guide; they are written with all the spirit of a speculative,weil-read antiquary, and atheoretical geologist. ..."

5. Research and Intervention: Preventing Substance Abuse in Higher Education by Clement Vonnie V. (1997)
"These etiological studies, for the most part, have been fragmented and atheoretical. ln general, this research has not provided practitioners with ..."

6. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1805)
"The one is a prac~ tical, the other atheoretical .knowledge.. In,whatever sense the end of t,ir ..."

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