explanation;  exposition;  description;  account;  caption;  legend
 tradition;  legend;  folklore
 theory;  doctrine;  opinion;  view;  rumour;  rumor
 explanation;  commentary;  exposition;  elucidation
 hypothesis;  supposition;  assumption;  tentative theory
 to explain adequately;  to be accountable
 insistence;  (major) emphasis;  stress
 mystery novel;  detective novel;  whodunit
 love romance;  love story;  romance;  romance story;  romantic fiction
 information session;  briefing;  explanatory meeting
 one theory (opinion);  another theory (opinion)
 (printed) instructions;  manual;  explanatory leaflet (pamphlet, note);  description
 various opinions;  various theories;  various rumors (rumours)
 rumor;  rumour;  gossip;  hearsay
 established theory;  accepted opinion;  accepted explanation
 erotic novel;  amorous novel;  pornographic novel
 legendary;  fabled;  fabulous
 supplementary explanation
 remark;  statement;  discourse
 common saying;  popular version;  folklore;  tradition
 prevailing view;  common opinion;  commonly accepted theory
 (written) explanation;  instructions (e.g. on a product);  explanatory label
 article;  discourse;  dissertation;  editorial;  leading article;  leader
 (full-length) novel;  long novel
 cell phone novel;  literary work originally written on a cellular phone
 accountability;  being held accountable
 I-novel;  novel narrated in the first person
 adventure story;  novel of adventure
 different view;  alternative theory;  dissenting view
 user's manual;  instruction manual;  operation manual
 (instruction) manual;  handbook
 belief that human nature is fundamentally good
 Ptolemaic theory;  geocentric model;  geocentrism
 explanatory;  expository;  elucidatory
 heliocentric theory;  Copernican theory;  heliocentrism;  heliocentricism
 user's manual;  instruction manual
 explanation;  matter under discussion;  contents;  one's opinion
 truth is stranger than fiction
 editorial;  leading article;  leader
 general statement;  outline
 Arthurian legend;  legend of King Arthur
 groundless rumor;  groundless rumour
 truth is stranger than fiction
 serial;  serialized novel;  serialised novel
 novel for the masses;  popular fiction;  pulp
 cynicism (of mankind);  belief that human nature is fundamentally evil
 contemporary novel;  modern novel
 hypothesis;  speculation;  surmise;  conjecture
 novel idea;  strange theory
 groundless rumor;  groundless rumour;  false report
 shallow-minded mouthing of secondhand information
 street gossips and idle rumors
 bizarre theory;  strange theory;  wild theory
 collection of stories (esp. myths, legends, etc.)
 theory of the Emperor as an organ of government
 briefer;  elucidator;  exponent;  expositor;  explainer
 true theory;  true teachings
 company information session
 theory of origins;  origin hypothesis
 news commentary;  comments on the news
 old theory;  ancient ideas
 spread of rumours (esp. to influence stock prices);  spread of rumors
 novelette;  novella;  short novel;  long short story;  medium-length story
 allusion;  alluding;  related explanation
 roman-fleuve;  long novel;  epic novel
 serious novel;  genuinely attempted novel
 groundless rumor;  groundless rumour
 divergent opinions abound;  opinion is divided;  there are many rumors afloat
 novel about one's education, spiritual growth, etc.;  Bildungsroman
 explanation of aim (esp. of a legislative bill);  rationalization
 review article;  general remarks
 fallacy;  fallacious argument
 correspondence theory (theory that a proposition is true if and only if it corresponds to the facts)
 the theory of the divine right of kings
 explanation;  interpretation
 foolish opinion;  one's opinion
 manifestation theory (holding that Shinto gods are manifestations of buddhas)
 background briefing;  backgrounder
 etymological theory;  etymology
 science fiction;  sci-fi;  fantasy fiction
 social contract theory (e.g. Rousseau's)
 theory of spontaneous generation
 theory of continental drift
 humorism (ancient system of medicine);  humoralism
 groundless rumor or story (rumour)
 novel depicting customs and manners of the day
 misdirected claim;  incomprehensible idea
 Everyone has his (her) own view;  Different people, different opinions
 novel of formation (education);  novel of character development;  novel which traces the intellectual, moral, spiritual or social development of a young person;  Bildungsroman
 excellent opinions and theories
 explaining an idea;  exposition;  explanation
 novel written in colloquial Chinese
 instructions;  explanation
 warm-up (before an act or a TV show recording);  prologue;  introduction
 Red Queen hypothesis (of evolutionary biology)
 popular theory;  widely-accepted theory
 direct method;  indicative mood
 supplementary explanation;  supplementary information
 legendary literature;  narrative literature
 novel written in epistolary style
 coherence theory (theory that a proposition is true if it corresponds with a specified set of other propositions)
 rumor of dissolution (rumour)
 heretical doctrine (thought, faith)
 Gaia hypothesis;  Gaia theory;  Gaia principle
 immaculate conception;  virgin birth;  tradition that Jesus was born to Mary although she was a virgin
 rumour;  rumor;  comment;  commentary;  review
 excellent idea;  great suggestion;  excellent opinion
 Out-of-Africa theory (positing a recent African origin for modern humans)
 allegory;  allegorical tale
 swashbuckling stories;  martial arts fiction;  chivalric knight novels;  wuxia xiaoshuo
 hypothesis testing;  hypothesis test
 legend concerning a fugitive clan
 theory of linguistic relativity
 neutral theory (of molecular evolution)
 2012 human extinction beliefs;  2012 doomsday theory
 neutral theory of molecular evolution
 kami-buddha syncretization theory (e.g. manifestation theory)
 rational expectations hypothesis
 Planck's quantum hypothesis
 Lamarckian evolutionary theory in which individuals lose characteristics that are not used and develop characteristics that are often used
 zoo hypothesis (theory on why humanity has had no contact with extraterrestrial life)
 rational expectations hypothesis
 myths of asexual conception from natural objects
 millenarianism;  millennialism;  chiliasm
 10^37218383881977644441306597687849648128;  10^(7x2^122)
 (theory of) the immortality of the soul
 Buddhist theory of the twelve-fold chain of causation, interdependent origination and co-dependent arising (San: pratītya-samutpāda);  twelve causal links
 sultry novel;  suggestive story
 millenarianism;  millennialism;  chiliasm
 theory of the divine right of kings
 patripassianism (theology)
 purchasing power parity theory;  PPP theory
 I feign no hypotheses;  hypotheses non fingo
 program maintenance manual
 feng shui;  fengshui;  feng shui tradition
 (Edo-period) didactic novel or fiction
 Ogino theory (basis of the rhythm method)
 permanent income hypothesis
 operon theory (Jacob and Monod, 1961)
 punctuated equilibrium (theory of evolutionary biology)
 millenarianism;  millennialism;  chiliasm
 an excellent opinion;  an insightful view
 biogenetic law;  recapitulation theory (theory that ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny)
 commentary;  annotation;  alternative theory
 illustration (using an example)
 proposed theory;  proposition
 Kant-Laplace nebular hypothesis
 tidal hypothesis (of the origin of the solar system);  near-collision hypothesis
 cosmic censorship hypothesis;  cosmic censorship conjecture
 cosmic censorship hypothesis;  cosmic censorship conjecture