theoretical stance

collocation in English

meanings of theoreticaland stance

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theoretical
adjective
uk /θɪəˈret.ɪ.kəl/ us /ˌθiː.əˈret̬.ə.kəl/
based on the ideas that relate to a subject, not the practical uses of ...
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stance
noun[C]
uk /stɑːns/ us /stæns/
a way of thinking about something, especially expressed in a publicly ...
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Examples of theoretical stance

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Its theoreticalstance offered a great deal but, for me, has failed to deliver.
However, no theoreticalstance is intended by our usage.
Thus, even more than intervention research, prevention research has explicitly embraced a theoreticalstance for the development and evaluation of key preventive efforts.
This question should be answered with respect to empirical facts concerning acquisition as well as with respect to the theoreticalstance that is implied.
There are many points of disagreement between this theoreticalstance and ours, and more than a few issues need addressing.
The critic does not get anywhere if she argues against internalization from a particular theoreticalstance.
From this point on, children become capable of adopting a theoreticalstance towards others, able to conjecture about the emotional state of others in relation to their own.
No one theoreticalstance is remotely adequate.
In both cases, the theoreticalstance taken is not incidental to the categorisation, but is fundamental to their understanding of what contract is and how it should be understood.
In the face of such change, a more theoreticalstance may well help to keep its contents relatively ' future proof ' in the period before a third edition appears.
I make no apology for stressing this apparently theoreticalstance at the outset.
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Both his theoreticalstance, and his short sessions, stood ever more obviously in the way.
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If theoretical stances are to be effective, they spring from material evidence that validates them.
Different theoretical stances do exist, and differences are not always clear cut (20;41).
The section serves as a useful reminder of the difficulty in accounting for the very wide range of evidence and theoretical stances that have accumulated across the field.
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