1con·jec·ture
/kənˈʤɛktʃɚ/ noun plural con·jec·tures
formal : an opinion or idea formed without proof or sufficient evidence
: guess [
count]
▪ The biography includes conjectures about the writer's earliest ambitions. ▪ a conjecture about the extent of the injury [
noncount]
▪ Your plan is based on (nothing more than) conjecture. ▪ Most of the book is conjecture, not fact. ▪ The criminal's motive remains a matter of conjecture. [=people can only guess about the criminal's motive; no one knows the criminal's motive] — con·jec·tur·al
/kənˈʤɛktʃərəl/ adjective [
more conjectural; most conjectural]
▪ Most of the book is conjectural.