Policy and Theory

Policy

Policy noun - A way of acting or proceeding.

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Theory and policy are semantically related. in procedure topic. In some cases you can use "Theory" instead a noun "Policy", when it comes to topics like plans.

Nearby Words: politic, policing, politics, political, policed

Theory

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

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Policy and theory are semantically related. You can use "Policy" instead a noun "Theory".

Nearby Words: theoretical, theoretic, theoretically, theorist, theorizing

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old	old policy	old theory
best	best policy	best theory
better	better policy	better theory
similar	similar policy	similar theory
Other adjectives: common, certain, current, actual, entire, infamous, personal, new, general, political, military, different, controversial, economic.

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He tended to include Spanish, French, Latin, and wildly obscure English in his essays, which were generally high-minded "plane of ideas" type pieces about public policy and the theory thereof.

Source: Viewers Are Geniuses
It's only with the rise of monetarism in 20th-century economic theory that steady depreciation (i.e., inflation) of money value became a pursued policy of economic development.

Source: Newer Than They Think
And part of this is the nature of the British system of politics; whilst the party which forms the government may change periodically due to elections, the civil service which enacts the policy is ever-present and in-theory politically neutral, favouring neither party over the other.

Source: Democracy Is Bad

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