説せつ
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Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. theory; doctrine
Noun
2. opinion; view
3. rumour; rumor; gossip; hearsay
Kanji used
Pitch accent
せつ
Used in vocabulary
性せい悪あく説せつ
cynicism (of mankind); belief that human nature is fundamentally evil
Noun
原げん子し説せつ
atomic theory
Noun
帝てい王おう神しん権けん説せつ
theory of the divine right of kings
Noun
分ぶん子し説せつ
molecular theory
Noun
予よ定てい説せつ
predestination
Noun
取とり説せつ
user's manual; instruction manual
Noun
反はん復ぷく説せつ
biogenetic law; recapitulation theory (theory that ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny)
Noun
星せい雲うん説せつ
the nebular hypothesis
Noun
大たい陸りく移い動どう説せつ
theory of continental drift
Noun
天皇てんのう機き関かん説せつ
theory of the Emperor as an organ of government
Noun
解かい散さん説せつ
rumor of dissolution (rumour)
Noun
Examples7
For all you say, I still believe in the truth of the theory.
I can't accept this theory.
The theory will find general acceptance.
Copernicus proposed the idea that the Earth travels around the Sun.
Strictly speaking, the theory is not correct.
There are many theories about the sudden extinction of the dinosaurs, but the real cause still remains anyone's guess.