Phrase Hound found 59 phrases and 12 compound words that contain theories. The most common are listed below. Open theories in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 59
- theories of everythingplural of theory of everything: A supposed theory uniting all fundamental physical phenomena into a single framework.
- theories of valueplural of theory of value: an economic theory that attempts to explain the exchange value or price of goods and services
- conspiracy theoriesplural of conspiracy theory: Hypothetical speculation that is commonly considered untrue or outlandish.
- theories of mindplural of theory of mind: The ability to form an opinion about what other people are thinking.
- theories of relativityplural of theory of relativity: The theories of special relativity and general relativity, two theories in physics developed mainly by Albert Einstein at the beginning of the 20th century from which several important results such as the …
- field theoriesplural of field theory: The branch of mathematics dealing with the algebraic structure of fields.
- gauge theoriesplural of gauge theory: A type of field theory in which the Lagrangian is invariant under a continuous group of local transformations.
- fringe theoriesplural of fringe theory: Ideas that are not supported by mainstream scholarship.
- quantum field theoriesplural of quantum field theory: A theory of quantum fields; the result of applying second quantization to Classical Relativistic Field Theory.
- grand unified theoriesplural of grand unified theory: A theory that unifies the electromagnetic interaction, the weak interaction, and the strong interaction.
- grand unification theoriesplural of grand unification theory: A theory that unifies the electromagnetic interaction, the weak interaction, and the strong interaction.
- Kaluza-Klein theoriesplural of Kaluza-Klein theory: A model (not believed to be literally true) developed by physicists Theodor Kaluza and Oskar Klein that attempted to combine gravity and electromagnetism by adding a fifth dimension to our four-dimensional …
- atomic theoriesplural of atomic theory: The theory that all gross matter is composed of atoms.
- choice theoriesplural of choice theory: Any of various models of group behavior (such as economic behavior, criminal behavior, or consumer behavior) as the cumulative result of rational choices made by individuals expressing on their preferences and/or …
- communication theoriesplural of communication theory: A field that studies the technical process of information.
- control theoriesplural of control theory: An interdisciplinary branch of engineering and mathematics, dealing with the control of the behavior of dynamical systems.
- error theoriesplural of error theory: The metaethical position that all moral statements are false.
- game theoriesplural of game theory: A branch of applied mathematics that studies strategic situations in which individuals or organisations choose various actions in an attempt to maximize their returns.
- grand theoriesplural of grand theory: An overall explanation of phenomena in a particular discipline or realm of experience such as economics, sociology, or history.
- graph theoriesplural of graph theory: The branch of mathematics dealing with the properties of graphs (networks of vertices and edges).
- group theoriesplural of group theory: The mathematical theory of groups.
- legal theoriesplural of legal theory: Synonym of jurisprudence (“the theoretical study of law”)
- measure theoriesplural of measure theory: A branch of mathematical analysis, concerned with the theory of integration, that generalizes the intuitive notions of length, area and volume.
- quantum theoriesplural of quantum theory: A theory developed in the early 20th century, according to which nuclear and radiation phenomena can be explained by assuming that energy only occurs in discrete amounts called quanta.
- representation theoriesplural of representation theory: A branch of mathematics that studies abstract algebraic structures by representing their elements as linear transformations of vector spaces, and studies modules over these abstract algebraic structures.
Compound words 12
- autotheoriesplural of autotheory: A challenge to the dominant perspective and theoretical framework through the use of subjective and autobiographical material.
- countertheoriesplural of countertheory: A contrasting theory put forward as a response to another theory.
- cybertheoriesplural of cybertheory: Academic theory relating to the Internet or cyberspace.
- epitheoriesplural of epitheory: A theory based on a more fundamental theory or on a metatheory; A theory which doesn't describe all causes; handling some of them as givens, especially when other theories do analyze these givens.
- ethnotheoriesplural of ethnotheory: A belief shared by members of an ethnic group
- macrotheoriesplural of macrotheory: A large-scale theory dealing with a broad range of phenomena on an abstract level.
- metatheoriesplural of metatheory: A theory about a theory.
- microtheoriesplural of microtheory: A small-scale theory dealing with a narrow or specialized range of phenomena.
- minitheoriesplural of minitheory: A small-scale theory dealing with a narrow or specialized range of phenomena.
- nontheoriesplural of nontheory: That which is not a theory.