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==English==
==English==

===Etymology===
From {{suffix|en|theory|ist}}.


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{a|Received Pronunciation}} {{IPA|/ˈθɪəɹɪst/|lang=en}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈθɪəɹɪst/|a=Received Pronunciation}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-theorist.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{a|General American}} {{IPA|/ˈθiːəɹəst/|/ˈθɪɹəst/|lang=en}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈθiːəɹəst/|/ˈθɪɹəst/|a=General American}}
* {{a|General Australian}} {{IPA|/ˈθɪəɹəst/|/ˈθiːəɹəst/|lang=en}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈθɪəɹəst/|/ˈθiːəɹəst/|a=General Australian}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
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# Someone who constructs [[theories]], especially in the [[art]]s or [[science]]s.
# Someone who constructs [[theories]], especially in the [[art]]s or [[science]]s.
#* {{quote-magazine|date=2012-01
#* {{quote-journal
|1=en
|date=2012-01
|author=Michael Riordan
|author=Michael Riordan
|title=Tackling Infinity
|title=Tackling Infinity
|volume=100|issue=1|page=86
|volume=100
|issue=1
|page=86
|magazine=[[w:American Scientist|American Scientist]]
|magazine=w:American Scientist
|url=http://www.americanscientist.org/bookshelf/pub/tackling-infinity
|url=http://www.americanscientist.org/bookshelf/pub/tackling-infinity
|passage=Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when '''theorists''' try to prod their calculations into new domains.}}
|passage=Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when '''theorists''' try to prod their calculations into new domains.
|accessdate=12 May 2013
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130430074403/http://www.americanscientist.org/bookshelf/pub/tackling-infinity
|archivedate=30 April 2013
}}


====Synonyms====
====Synonyms====
* {{l|en|theoretician}} {{qualifier|less common}}
* {{l|en|theoretician}} {{qualifier|less common}}
* {{l|en|theorizer}} / [[theoriser]]
* {{l|en|theorizer}} / [[theoriser]]

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|en|A-theorist|B-theorist| chaos theorist|coincidence theorist|conspiracy theorist|game theorist|gap theorist|graph theorist|group theorist|number theorist|representation theorist|ring theorist}}


====Translations====
====Translations====
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* Arabic: {{t|ar|مُنَظِّر|m}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|مُنَظِّر|m}}
* Basque: {{t|eu|teorialari}}
* Basque: {{t|eu|teorialari}}
* Chinese:
* Czech: {{t|cs|teoretik|m}}
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|理論家|tr=lei5 leon6 gaa1}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|理論家|tr=lǐlùnjiā}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|teoretik|m}}, {{t|cs|teoretička|f}}
* Danish: {{t|da|teoretiker|c}}
* Danish: {{t|da|teoretiker|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|theoreticus|m}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|theoreticus|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|teoreetikko}}
* French: {{t+|fr|théoricien|m}}, {{t+|fr|théoricienne|f}}
* French: {{t+|fr|théoricien|m}}, {{t+|fr|théoricienne|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|Theoretiker|m}}, {{t|de|Theoretikerin|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|Theoretiker|m}}, {{t+|de|Theoretikerin|f}}
* Ido: {{t|io|teoriisto}}
* Ido: {{t|io|teoriisto}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|teoiricí|m}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|teoiricí|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|teorico|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|teorico|m}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|теорияшыл}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|이론가(理論家)}}, {{qualifier|North Korea}} {{t|ko|리론가}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|सैद्धांतिक|m}}, {{t|mr|उपपत्तिकार|m|tr=upapattikār}}
* Norwegian:
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|no|teoretiker|m}}
*: Bokmål: {{t|no|teoretiker|m}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|teoretikar|m}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|teoretikar|m}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|تئوریسین|tr=te'orisian}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|teoretyk|m}}, {{t|pl|teoretyczka|f}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|تئوریسین|tr=teorisian|sc=fa-Arab}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|teoretyk|m}}, {{t|pl|teoretyczka|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|teorista|m|f}}, {{t+|pt|teórico|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|teorista|m|f}}, {{t+|pt|teórico|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|teoretician|m}}, {{t+|ro|teoreticiană|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|teoretician|m}}, {{t+|ro|teoreticiană|f}}
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*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|теоретичар|m}}, {{t|sh|теоретичарка|f}}
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|теоретичар|m}}, {{t|sh|теоретичарка|f}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|teoretičar|m}}, {{t+|sh|teoretičarka|f}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|teoretičar|m}}, {{t+|sh|teoretičarka|f}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|teoretik|m}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|teoretik|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|teórico|m}}, {{t+|es|teórica|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|teórico|m}}, {{t+|es|teórica|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|teoretiker|c}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|teoretiker|c}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|теоре́тик|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}
{{trans-bottom}}


===Anagrams===
===Anagrams===
* {{l|en|shortite}}
* {{anagrams|en|a=ehiorstt|Theriots|orthites|otterish|shortite|thorites}}


{{C|en|People}}
[[et:theorist]]
[[fr:theorist]]
[[ko:theorist]]
[[hy:theorist]]
[[io:theorist]]
[[hu:theorist]]
[[pl:theorist]]
[[pt:theorist]]
[[sk:theorist]]
[[te:theorist]]
[[vi:theorist]]
[[zh:theorist]]

Latest revision as of 13:11, 27 September 2024

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Etymology

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From theory +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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theorist (plural theorists)

  1. Someone who constructs theories, especially in the arts or sciences.
    • 2012 January, Michael Riordan, “Tackling Infinity”, in American Scientist[1], volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 30 April 2013, page 86:
      Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Anagrams

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