Hypothesis and Think

Hypothesis

Hypothesis noun - An idea that is the starting point for making a case or conducting an investigation.

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Think and hypothesis are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Think" instead a noun "Hypothesis".

Think noun - An instance of deliberate thinking.

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Hypothesis and think are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hypothesis" instead a noun "Think".

Nearby Word: thinking

old	old hypothesis	old think
nice	nice hypothesis	nice think
best	best hypothesis	best think
common	common hypothesis	common think
Other adjectives: alien, original, popular, actual, entire, big, wrong, interesting, above, scientific.

One hypothesis about Wolverine's lost childhood memories was that they were too painful to think about so his healing factor suppressed them.

Source: Trauma-Induced Amnesia
Absolutely not to be confused with Literary Agent Hypothesis, when fans think that maybe the story is actually real, or like to think it is, but don't have any support from canon or Word of God.

Source: Direct Line to the Author
It can stretch plausibility if you think about it, and more so when the narrator is very young or uneducated, but hey, that's why we have the Literary Agent Hypothesis and the MST3K Mantra.

Source: All First Person Narrators Write Like Novelists

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