coherent theory
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcoherentandtheory
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coherent
adjective
uk/kəʊˈhɪə.rənt/us/koʊˈhɪr.ənt/
If an argument, set of ideas, or a plan is coherent, it is clear and carefully considered, and each part of it connects or follows in a natural or ...
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theory
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈθɪə.ri/us/ˈθɪr.i/
a formal statement of the rules on which a subject of study is based or of ideas that are suggested to explain a fact or event or, more generally, an opinion ...
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Only by considering both together can we begin to formulate a morecoherenttheoryof how language is acquired.
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What would a comprehensive andcoherenttheoryof gender encompass?
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This paper is gratifying because it explains that, indeed, there is acoherenttheoryunderlying these isolated islands.
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Indeed, it is difficult to derive proportionate taxation from anycoherenttheoryabout the just division of the social surplus.
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However, these same authors have taught us how difficult it is to build that idea into acoherenttheoryof the value of population.
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This paper argues that time reference in reported speech can only be analysed within acoherenttheoryof speech reporting.
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The formulation of this theorem is now purely coherent, in acoherenttheorythat has a specially simple form (no branching).
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Minimalist syntax presents a lesscoherenttheorywith many inconsistencies.
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There is as yet nocoherenttheoryfor these waves.
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It offered the firstcoherenttheoryof consumption, reconciled seemingly contradictory implications of the data, and took the first steps toward providing macroeconomics with genuine microeconomic foundations.
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In so far as this argument could very well put the lie to political liberalism as acoherenttheory, it is an essential one to consider.
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First, there remains a lack ofcoherenttheory, which links psychological and intra-psychic phenomena to structural inequality, both with regard to old age in general, and gender in particular.
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The crucial point is that this notion of a dynamical proof is complete for deducibility in acoherenttheory, and that a dynamical proof uses only intuitionistically valid inference steps.
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To compound the irony, our basic argument is that the negativity bias in social psychology highlights the adaptive nature of human functioning and provides the basis forcoherenttheoryconstruction.
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It must be based on acoherenttheorywhich is seen to be just.
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Most of us on this side do not believe in it, but it is acoherenttheory.
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He had sought, over his writing career, to develop acoherenttheoryof literary composition.
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So, it may be possible to construct acoherenttheoryof the world, which does not correspond to what actually occurs in the world.
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Despite their importance, these findings were not incorporated into coherent theories of development that also considered the nuances of the social environment.
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It is simply not possible for acoherenttheorynot to correspond to reality, if reality is the very same thing as the entire coherent system.
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