Hypothesist
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n. An individual who, in a professional capacity, creates a system or theory in order to account for something that is not understood. A person who poses a Hypothesis, which is a [tentative] insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena.
Latin, subject for a speech, from Greek hupothesis, proposal, [supposition], from hupotithenai, hupothe-, to suppose : hupo-, hypo- tithenai, to place; [Indo-European] roots.
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