Other forms: theorists
A theorist is somebody who develops explanations rather than tests them. A political theorist.
The word is neutral in science and slightly barbed everywhere else. A theorist is opposed to a practitioner, which is where the sting comes from.
1nountheoristSomebody who develops explanations rather than tests them.
“The theorist was right and nobody could show it for forty years.”
theorist is a person.
Latin
theōria
Middle French
théorie
English
theory
English, today
theorist
From theory + -ist. theory Borrowed from Middle French théorie, from Latin theōria.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA