theoretician

[ thee-er-i-tish-uhn, theer-i- ]

noun

1. a person who deals with or is expert in the theoretical side of a subject:

   a military theoretician.

theoretician

/ ˌθɪərɪˈtɪʃən /

noun

1. a student or user of the theory rather than the practical aspects of a subject

Word History and Origins

Origin of theoretician¹

First recorded in 1885–90; theoretic(s) + -ian

Example Sentences

Besides, the genius theoretician was known to be messy, spacey, and forgetful.

From Nautilus

In matters of life and death, we ought to be precise, so consider a simple example, the sort of scenario theoreticians would call a toy model.

From Nautilus

Theoreticians had not anticipated the problems associated with the first test flights.

From Popular-Science

Greenspan comes across as an adrift theoretician, an aficionado of models with no relevance to the real world.

From The Daily Beast

For the present, he is the great theoretician combating other theoreticians, the Doctor of Music annihilating doctor-made laws.

From Project Gutenberg

As a theoretician, Rameau exerted tremendous influence upon music.

From Project Gutenberg

Of what possible use can a mathematician, a theoretician and a theoretical astronomer be in such a situation as this?

From Project Gutenberg

The voice of Garstin, office-desk theoretician, assistant-engineer—Trevannion was clear about that.

From Project Gutenberg

Any good theoretician from Hanson's world could probably make fools of these people.

From Project Gutenberg