theoretical objection

collocation in English

meaningsoftheoreticalandobjection

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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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objection
noun[C]
uk
/əbˈdʒek.ʃən/us
/əbˈdʒek.ʃən/
the act of expressing or feeling opposition to or dislike of something ...
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(Definition oftheoreticalandobjectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftheoretical objection

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While this might seem an attractive approach, a majortheoreticalobjectioncan be raised against such a method.
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I don't take the possibility of this sort of undesirable practical effect to be a serioustheoreticalobjectionto escapism.
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Creighton is puzzled by my hypothesis and has at least atheoreticalobjection.
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He did not put forward atheoreticalobjectionto anger in women, rather he contested the validity of her anger within the social context in which it was encountered.
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How, then, can there be any serioustheoreticalobjectionto a decision to increase the permitted ratio?
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The objection, therefore, is a purelytheoreticalobjection.
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It may be argued that that is a purelytheoreticalobjection.
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I think that example is a highlytheoreticalobjectionwhich is not likely to be a danger in practice.
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The second one, atheoreticalobjection, is that there may be alcohol retained under dental plates in the mouth.
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This is not atheoreticalobjection; many of us could quote from practical experience.
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This, therefore, is atheoreticalobjection.
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It is largely atheoreticalobjection.
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Once this artificial restriction on new outlets is swept away, thetheoreticalobjectionto ownership or control of outlets by brewers must be reduced if not substantially removed.
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He assured us that he had no ideological ortheoreticalobjectionto changes in the methodology of allocation and that he was open to persuasion about the mechanics.
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That is thetheoreticalobjection.
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Although there may be sometheoreticalobjectionto indexing past payments of tax, it is difficult to see that there is any real difference in principle.
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That is perhaps atheoreticalobjection.
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Finally, we address possible theoretical objections to our proposal from two prominent standpoints regarding the nature of health insurance, as well as possible practical objections.
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They face intuitive objections and more theoretical objections.
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Theoretical objections to the notion of morphological reversal are based on the postulate that rules should not be able to arbitrarily switch feature values.
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