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established theory; accepted opinion; accepted explanation
それはもはや定説だ。
That is already an established theory.
新しい発見が、その学説を定説とした。
New discoveries made that academic theory an established one.
新しい証拠が、長らく信じられてきた定説を覆した。
New evidence overturned the long-believed established theory.