a supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something, especially one based on general principles independent of the thing to be explained.
Darwin's theory of evolution
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hypothesisthesisconjecturesuppositionspeculationpostulationpostulatepropositionpremisesurmiseassumptionpresumptionpresuppositionnotionguesshunchfeelingsuspicionopinionviewbeliefthinkingthought(s)judgmentcontentionprinciplesideasconceptsprincipled explanationslawsphilosophyideologysystem of ideasscience
