せつ
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. theory; doctrine
There is one major flaw in this theory.
Noun
2. opinion; view
Opinions are divided on this issue.
3. rumour; rumor; gossip; hearsay
Rumors of his death spread online.
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (142 in total)
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
legend; folklore; tradition
novel; story; (work of) fiction
various opinions; various theories; various rumors (rumours)
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
different view; alternative theory; dissenting view
user's manual; instruction manual
heliocentric theory; Copernican theory; heliocentrism; heliocentricism
belief that human nature is fundamentally good
other theories
emphasizing (a point, argument, etc.); stressing; insistence; arguing strongly (for, against)
explanatory note; explanatory text; explanation; caption
rumor; rumour; gossip; hearsay
your excellent opinion
one's personal opinion
remark; statement; discourse
tale; narrative
prevailing view; common opinion; commonly accepted theory
common saying; popular version; folklore; tradition
article; discourse; dissertation; editorial; leading article; leader
introduction
Ptolemaic theory; geocentric model; geocentrism
new theory
illustration; diagram
explanation; matter under discussion; contents; one's opinion
overview; outline; rough summary
editorial; leading article; leader
conspiracy theory
former opinion
copy theory
cynicism (of mankind); belief that human nature is fundamentally evil
odd theory; strange view; absurd opinion; strange story
groundless rumor; groundless rumour; false report
to put forward a theory
bizarre theory; strange theory; wild theory
theory of the Emperor as an organ of government
heretical doctrine
one's cherished opinion
true theory; true teachings
theory of origins; origin hypothesis
old theory; ancient ideas
explanation (by lecture)
theory of the five elements (in Chinese philosophy: wood, fire, earth, metal and water); five phases theory; wuxing theory
old tradition
repeated explanation
creationism
the theory of the divine right of kings
groundless rumor; groundless rumour
atomic theory
review article; general remarks
change of opinion
allusion; alluding; related explanation
correspondence theory (theory that a proposition is true if and only if it corresponds to the facts)
teacher's theory
foolish opinion; idiotic view; one's (humble) opinion
manifestation theory (holding that Shinto gods are manifestations of buddhas)
predestination
social contract theory (e.g. Rousseau's)
etymological theory; etymology
theory of continental drift
secret theory
wave theory
detailed explanation
excellent opinion
groundless rumor or story (rumour)
outline; summary
established theory
outline; summary
theory of spontaneous generation
humorism (ancient system of medicine); humoralism; humoral theory
humorism (ancient system of medicine); humoralism; humoral theory
the same opinion
everyone has his (her) own view; different people, different opinions
explaining an idea; exposition; explanation
reexplanation
personal opinion
various theories
panspermia hypothesis
10^37218383881977644441306597687849648128; 10^(7x2^122)
popular theory; widely-accepted theory
supplementary explanation; supplementary information
warm-up (before an act or a TV show recording); prologue; introduction
the nebular hypothesis
rumor of dissolution (rumour)
quantity theory of money
coherence theory (theory that a proposition is true if it corresponds with a specified set of other propositions)
excellent idea; great suggestion; excellent opinion
immaculate conception; virgin birth
cell theory
indicative mood
molecular theory
phlogiston theory
rumour; rumor; comment; commentary; review
Shuowen Jiezi (first comprehensive dictionary of Chinese characters; 121 CE)
false theory
theory of the divine right of kings
social-contract theory
biogenetic law; recapitulation theory (theory that ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny)
clonal selection theory
chemiosmotic hypothesis
chemiosmotic hypothesis
isolation theory
punctuated equilibrium (theory of evolutionary biology)
Lamarckian evolutionary theory in which individuals lose characteristics that are not used and develop characteristics that are often used
(theory of) isostasy
neutral theory (of molecular evolution)
interactionism
theory of linguistic relativity
uniformitarianism
kami-buddha syncretization theory (e.g. manifestation theory)
operon theory (Jacob and Monod, 1961)
tidal hypothesis (of the origin of the solar system); near-collision hypothesis
illustration (using an example)
(theory of) the immortality of the soul
Buddhist theory of the twelve-fold chain of causation, interdependent origination and co-dependent arising (San: pratītya-samutpāda); twelve causal links
millenarianism; millennialism; chiliasm
millenarianism; millennialism; chiliasm
millenarianism; millennialism; chiliasm
neutral theory of molecular evolution
purchasing power parity theory; PPP theory
commentary; annotation; alternative theory
monophysitism (theology)
feng shui; fengshui; feng shui tradition
theory that each sound in Japanese is associated with a certain meaning
universal love (concept in Mohism)
detailed explanation
Examples (15 in total)
Strictly speaking, the theory is not correct.
In other words, this theory turns out to have been wrong.
Opinions are divided on this issue.