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Definition of Theories

1. theory [n] - See also: theory

Lexicographical Neighbors of Theories

Literary usage of Theories

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

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The post-Darwinian history of evolution has chiefly to do with the further development of the Darwinian theories, together with the rise of the so-called ..."

2. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1905)
"theories of the Comic. Of all the theories, that of J's is most fully sustained by the answers to the questionary and the results of the experiments. ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"His theories were backed by his notable success in treating patients; ... His scorn for dogmatic theories was intense and he was known in the case of a ..."

4. Psychological Review by American Psychological Association (1894)
"EXTRAVAGANCES IN THE MOTOR theories OF CONSCIOUSNESS BY HC McCOMAS Princeton University The biological point of view in psychology has brought the so-called ..."

5. Psychology, General Introduction by Charles Hubbard Judd (1917)
"In such cases, theories have been developed by science to fill the gap. These theories go beyond direct observation in their statements, but do so with ..."

6. Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey (1916)
"A number of theories of knowing have been criticized in the previous pages. ... And in denying duality in name such theories restore it in fact, ..."

7. Report by North Dakota State Budget Board (1912)
"theories OF THE INHERITANCE TAX. There are three main theories advanced by economists in support of taxation of inheritances. They are: the back tax, ..."

8. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"It is a convenient frame successively for historical pictures, studies of passion, pictures of manners, and moral theories. The same tendencies appear in it ..."

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