theorist

[ thee-er-ist, theer- ]

noun

1. a person who theorizes.
2. a person who deals mainly with the theory of a subject:

   a theorist in medical research.

ˈtheorist

/ ˈθɪəˌrɪst /

noun

1. the originator of a theory; a person who is concerned with theory; a theoretician

Word History and Origins

Origin of theorist¹

First recorded in 1585–95; theor(y) + -ist

Example Sentences

Another is a party that abandons the conspiracy theorists and potentially faces diminished political power.

From Washington Post

In recent years, however, theorists have been able to home in on the surprisingly complex mechanisms that make supernovas tick.

From Quanta Magazine

Many, many people have been begging social media companies to take the meme-making extremists and conspiracy theorists seriously.

From MIT Technology Review

Stein’s class helped set me on the path to becoming a number theorist.

From Quanta Magazine

Those false positives created a chance for confusion and controversy, and conspiracy theorists would be certain to sow doubts over the vaccine.

From MIT Technology Review

But the author of The Beauty Myth has become a nonsense-garbling conspiracy theorist.

From The Daily Beast

In Pi, a numbers theorist named Max Cohen decides to put a power drill through his own brain.

From The Daily Beast

Oliver Stone might be the most vocal JFK conspiracy theorist in Hollywood, but he's not the only one.

From The Daily Beast

Despite being a grown-up conspiracy theorist, it seems that Charlie couldn't resist running home to daddy with his wacky beliefs.

From The Daily Beast

The couple divorced back in America, and the man his mother remarried, Harry Walterhouse, was a veteran-turned-military theorist.

From The Daily Beast

The Archduke Charles was a fine strategic theorist, in his age second only to Napoleon.

From Project Gutenberg

The mysterious traveler, Votan, is once more made to do service for the theorist here.

From Project Gutenberg

There lives, even now, a sublime theorist, who professes to have made feminine physiology his peculiar study.

From Project Gutenberg

And yet this theorist in the mills demanded working conditions that would let us wear shirts.

From Project Gutenberg

As a theorist, Sir John Hawkins says, his book is equal in value to any now extant in any language.

From Project Gutenberg

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