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Hypothetical

  1. noun

    a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc.

    “consider the following, just as a hypothetical”

  2. adjective

    based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence

    “theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural”

    Similar: conjectural, divinatory, hypothetic, supposed, suppositional, suppositious

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