Synonyms and related words :
abstraction, accomplishment, account, allegorization, analysis, answer, ascertainment, body of theory, case, case in point, cause, clarification, clearance, clearing, clearing up, commentary, construction, cracking, criticism, decipherment, decoding, definition, delineation, demonstration, demythologization, denouement, description, destigmatization, destigmatizing, determination, disclosure, disentanglement, doctrinairism, doctrinality, doctrinarity, editing, elucidation, emblem, emendation, end, end result, enlightenment, euhemerism, example, exculpation, excuse, exegesis, exemplar, exemplification, explication, exponent, expose, exposition, expounding, finding, finding-out, grounds, illumination, illustration, instance, interpretation, issue, justification, key, light, meaning, mere theory, motive, object lesson, outcome, pretense, pretext, purgation, purging, rational ground, rationale, rationalization, reason, reason why, rehabilitation, reinstatement, relevant instance, representative, resolution, resolving, restoration, result, riddling, signification, simplification, solution, solving, sorting out, speculation, stated cause, symbol, tentative explanation, the big idea, the idea, the whatfor, the wherefore, the why, theoretic, theoretical basis, theoretical structure, theoretics, theoria, theoric, theorization, theory, type, typical example, underlying reason, unified theory, unlocking, unraveling, unriddling, unscrambling, unspinning, untangling, untwisting, unweaving, upshot, vindication, working, working-out,