hypothesization

English

Noun

hypothesization (countable and uncountable, plural hypothesizations)

1. (formal) An act or process of hypothesizing, of forming a hypothesis or hypotheses, typically concerning a particular topic of research or basis for action.
   • 1976, Theodore Schwartz, editor, Socialization as Cultural Communication‎^[1], University of California Press:

     The "doctrine of invariant sequence" is ...less a true doctrine than a special definition of cognitive development ..., less a dogma than the hypothesization of logically necessary culturally invariant temporal sequences in the way children change their minds...