noun. The act or the product of theorizing; the formation of a theory or theories; speculation. Also spelled theorisation.

noun. The act or product of theorizing; the formation of a theory or theories; speculation.

noun. Alternative form of theorisation.

noun. the production or use of theories

"Since the whole book is designed to counter the idea that Mao was just a crazy meglamaniacal tyrant, I needed to deal with the issues raised by the theorization of the socialist economy -- which were, after all, the root of the Great Leap period -- without dissolving the human tragedies into abstractions."

conjecture  

abstraction  generalisation  generalization  ideology  

speculation