theoretical argument
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftheoreticalandargument
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theoretical
adjective
uk/θɪəˈret.ɪ.kəl/us/ˌθiː.əˈret̬.kəl/
based on the ideas that relate to a subject, not the practical uses of ...
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argument
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈɑːɡ.jə.mənt/us/ˈɑːrɡ.jə.mənt/
a disagreement, or the process ...
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(Definition oftheoreticalandargumentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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We begin with the comparative implications of the generaltheoreticalargumentand the ideas motivating the empirical model.
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If hardwiring characteristics increase agency durability beyond that provided by statutory creation (and appropriate controls), this is relatively strong support for thetheoreticalargument.
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But we would still expect norms consistent with the generaltheoreticalargumentto emerge.
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This is a smart, elegantly written book rich in empirical detail andtheoreticalargument.
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In the first section we develop ourtheoreticalargumentregarding the impact of policy preferences on electoral choice.
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And yet these ideas are linked to the opera through an analytical framework that undermines the terms of thetheoreticalargument.
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The infinitesimal model does not, after all, represent the endpoint of some extendedtheoreticalargument.
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What differentiates architecture from mere building is the mark of radical innovation andtheoreticalargument.
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It certainly is very difficult, if not impossible, to provide a description leading to a convincingtheoreticalargumentwithin approximately 20 pages.
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However, this mostlytheoreticalargumentwould have gained much if it had been accompanied by a detailed ethnographic description of the cases examined.
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By thetheoreticalargumentof the book, this must introduce omitted variable bias.
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This is certainly not merely atheoreticalargument.
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This section moves beyond thetheoreticalargumentfor liability and comments on some more pragmatic concerns about such suits.
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Thetheoreticalargumentfocuses on single-member district plurality systems.
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These are not propositions with which most historical archaeologists or colonial studies scholars would disagree, however, nor do they clearly form a uniquetheoreticalargument.
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Very little in the way of empirical evidence ortheoreticalargumentsuggests precisely which moderator variables should be expected to interact with treatment assignment.
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Returning to thetheoreticalargument, assume next that a welfare program is suddenly and completely protected by entitlement rules.
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Below a certain level, both thetheoreticalargumentand the practical opportunity remained trivial.
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As for the book's organisation, thetheoreticalargumentis actually clarified in the last chapter (pp. 179 -87).
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