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propounded

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for propounded.

Editorial note

Falsifiability is one of the key distinguishing characteristics of a proper science, as famously propounded by Karl Popper.

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Quick take

(transitive) To put forward; to offer for discussion or debate.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of propounded gathered in one view.

verb

(transitive) To put forward; to offer for discussion or debate.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for propounded.

verb

(transitive) To put forward; to offer for discussion or debate.

Example sentences

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Falsifiability is one of the key distinguishing characteristics of a proper science, as famously propounded by Karl Popper.

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Salaries don't rise along with inflation, it's one of the reasons why inflation is being propounded by the Fed.

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But typically groups of humans only listen to an expert when the expert's ideas are propounded by a high status individual.

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Take the idea of Public Interest Litigations which were propounded by a Chief Justice.

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The earliest occurrence of this hypothesis was propounded by Theodore Andrea Cook in 1903.

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Bruce Bawer reminds me of a religious zealot, having been confronted with facts forcing him to accept that the world is more nuanced than what the American post-war era he grew up in propounded.

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That is one of the conjectures propounded by the Upanishads.

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And anyway, most of the 'grammatical rules' that are widely propounded are just a form of mythology: maxims received uncritically and held up as a sign of (supposed) education.

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Texts have always been central to Christianity and Islam, and both originated (as did Buddhism) as ideas propounded by definite historical foudners rather than being a codification of folk beliefs.

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And if lots of items became available on other sites, but not Amazon (as per the theory being propounded), then Amazon would no longer control 35% of all US e-commerce.

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The idea being propounded by the xkcd comic, that it is justifiable to mob, harass, shout down, and punish people you disagree with is deeply incompatible with enlightenment values, and represents a step backwards into barbarism.

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While total protein intake is most important, protein timing and distribution still matters for muscle (contrary to what's propounded in fasting and time-restricted feeding circles), and according to this study, even if the distribution is spaced out, if it's skewed toward dinner, that appears to be sub-optimal.

Quote examples

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Nothing less than drinking a "verification can", as presciently propounded by a 4chan user a decade ago.

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[1]Sam Vimes’s ‘Boots’ Theory of Socio-economic Unfairness, propounded in Men at Arms: "But the thing was that good boots lasted for years and years.

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For example, Ronald Pies, editor-in-chief emeritus of the Psychiatric Times stated in 2011, “In truth, the ‘chemical imbalance’ notion was always a kind of urban legend—never a theory seriously propounded by well-informed psychiatrists.”...

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Given the utter bilge that philosophers have seriously propounded, and the endless arguments with no resolution between different schools of philosophy, I'm not sold on their "meticulous method" having much to offer to physics.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use propounded in a sentence?

Falsifiability is one of the key distinguishing characteristics of a proper science, as famously propounded by Karl Popper.

What does propounded mean?

(transitive) To put forward; to offer for discussion or debate.

What part of speech is propounded?

propounded is commonly used as verb.