tenet
Other forms: tenets
A tenet is a principle or belief honored by a person or, more often, a group of people. "Seek pleasure and avoid pain" is a basic tenet of Hedonism. "God exists" is a tenet of most major religions.
Tenet is pronounced "ten’it." The word evolved from the Latin tenere "to hold." The noun tenet is an opinion or doctrine one holds. It usually refers to a philosophy or a religion, but it doesn't have to — for instance, Eastern medicine has different tenets from Western medicine. One of the central tenets of succeeding in the workplace is that a good offense is the best defense.
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a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conducttypes:pillara fundamental principle or practiceyangthe bright positive masculine principle in Chinese dualistic cosmologyyinthe dark, negative feminine principle in Chinese dualistic cosmologyfeng shuithe practice of arranging spaces for harmony and balance, originating in Chinese philosophypillar of Islam(Islam) one of the five religious obligations accepted by all Muslimstype of:
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a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proofsynonyms: dogmatypes:article of faith, credendum(Christianity) any of the sections into which a creed or other statement of doctrine is dividedtype of:church doctrine, creed, gospel, religious doctrinethe written body of teachings of a religious group that are generally accepted by that group
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