tenet

Noun

Meaning

Any opinion, principle, dogma, belief, or doctrine, which a person holds or maintains as true; as, the tenets of Plato or of Cicero.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

position principle opinion doctrine dogma ism canon gospel creed maxim standard value law rule view
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Antonyms

proof doubt mistake abortion ignorance skepticism
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Hypernyms

gospel creed church doctrine religious doctrine

Hyponyms

credendum article of faith

Phrases with the word

central tenet basic tenet

Examples

The basic tenet of black consciousness is that the black man must reject all value systems that seek to make him a foreigner in the country of his birth and reduce his basic human dignity. Steve Biko

Even if we accept, as the basic tenet of true democracy, that one moron is equal to one genius, is it necessary to go a further step and hold that two morons are better than one genius? Leó Szilárd

The equality of rights of all citizens is the basic tenet of modern democratic societies. Jacques Maritain

Another tenet of randori is to apply just the right amount of force - never too much, never too little. Jigoro Kano

Hinduism's basic tenet is that many roads exist by which men have pursued and still pursue their quest for the truth and that none has universal validity. Kenneth Scott Latourette

The independence of the economic sphere was a tenet of faith with Liberalism. Francis Parker Yockey

Close letter words and terms

Tenesaca tenesmic tenesmus teneurin Teneyck Tenezaca