## Examples
- Let's consider a hypothetical case where the company loses its biggest client.
- These hypotheticals serve no purpose until we have more information.

## Antonyms
- actual
- categorical

## Derived Forms
- antihypothetical
- hypotheticality
- hypothetically
- nonhypothetical
- unhypothetical

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: ὑποθετικός

## Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὑποθετικός (hupothetikós).

## AI Etymology
Hypothetical is from Ancient Greek ὑποθετικός (hupothetikós). In present-day use, it can mean based on a possible situation or idea rather than on real facts, or an imagined situation used as an example for discussion. Derived formations include antihypothetical, hypotheticality, hypothetically, nonhypothetical, and unhypothetical.

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