theoretical stance
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftheoreticalandstance
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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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stance
noun[C]
uk/stɑːns/us/stæns/
a way of thinking about something, especially expressed in a publicly ...
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(Definition oftheoreticalandstancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Itstheoreticalstanceoffered a great deal but, for me, has failed to deliver.
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However, notheoreticalstanceis intended by our usage.
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Thus, even more than intervention research, prevention research has explicitly embraced atheoreticalstancefor the development and evaluation of key preventive efforts.
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This question should be answered with respect to empirical facts concerning acquisition as well as with respect to thetheoreticalstancethat is implied.
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There are many points of disagreement between thistheoreticalstanceand ours, and more than a few issues need addressing.
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The critic does not get anywhere if she argues against internalization from a particulartheoreticalstance.
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From this point on, children become capable of adopting atheoreticalstancetowards others, able to conjecture about the emotional state of others in relation to their own.
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No onetheoreticalstanceis remotely adequate.
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In both cases, thetheoreticalstancetaken is not incidental to the categorisation, but is fundamental to their understanding of what contract is and how it should be understood.
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In the face of such change, a moretheoreticalstancemay well help to keep its contents relatively ' future proof ' in the period before a third edition appears.
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I make no apology for stressing this apparentlytheoreticalstanceat the outset.
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Both histheoreticalstance, and his short sessions, stood ever more obviously in the way.
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If theoretical stances are to be effective, they spring from material evidence that validates them.
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Different theoretical stances do exist, and differences are not always clear cut (20;41).
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The section serves as a useful reminder of the difficulty in accounting for the very wide range of evidence and theoretical stances that have accumulated across the field.
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