Synonyms for in theory
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1. in principle, in theory, in essenceadverb

   with regard to fundamentals although not concerning details

   "in principle, we agree"

   Synonyms:
   in principle, in essence

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1. Albert Einstein:

   When the Special Theory of Relativity began to germinate in me, I was visited by all sorts of nervous conflicts... I used to go away for weeks in a state of confusion.

2. French President Francois Hollande:

   I note and I am concerned that at the moment I am speaking there are only 37 submissions, the contributions should in theory be submitted this summer.

3. Maria Salazar:

   The difference between us and other communities is that we have a point of reference. We know what Venezuela and Cuba and Nicaragua and Ecuador and Peru and Argentina and Chile look like. We know Mexico. We know, so it's very easy to compare, my parents fled socialism, and anything that has that word attached to it, whether its democratic socialism or pragmatic socialism, that's all the theory. It's not the practice. We have experienced the practice. We have the wounds, and we have the whips on our backs. We know. We know what socialism means.

4. Geoffrey Alpert:

   There’s no science behind it, it’s a good theory, but we have no idea if it’s accurate.

5. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz:

   Every time we do it we get clobbered, you know, this is no longer a theory. You know, as they say in the tech world, this has been beta-tested.