tenet
a basic principle
TRANSLATION
tenet = der Grundsatz, der Lehrsatz --- GOOGLE INDEX tenet: approximately 5,300,000 hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
According to the TENETS of free enterprise, businesses that make mistakes must go under. It is not the role of taxpayers to shoulder the burden of irresponsible enterprises or managers.
(The Nation)
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Hinduism's basic TENET is that many roads exist by which men pursue their quest for the truth and that none has universal truth.
- Kenneth Scott Latourette, historian
(The Nation)
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Hinduism's basic TENET is that many roads exist by which men pursue their quest for the truth and that none has universal truth.
- Kenneth Scott Latourette, historian
Did you
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tenet
noun
- one of the principles on which a belief or theory is based
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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WORD ORIGIN
Tenet stems from the Latin tenet, meaning "he holds" (something as true), which is the third person singular present indicative of tenere, to hold. The modern sense of a principle or belief probably evolved from the fact that in Middle Latin, tenet was used to introduce a statement of doctrine.
Tenet is typically used in the plural. This is simply because most organisational beliefs or doctrines, whether they belong to a religion, business or the local homeowners association, usually contain not just one tenet, but several. Tenet is sometimes used interchangeably with the words creed, doctrine and dogma. There are fine differences however:
Creed stems from the Latin "credo," which was related to trust or being credible (trustworthy). By extension, credo meant to believe in what one says. Today, creed is either a formal statement of religious belief/a confession of faith or a system of belief, principles, or opinions.
Doctrine comes from the Latin "doctrina," meaning instruction or teaching. Today it refers to 1) a principle or body of principles presented for acceptance or belief, as by a religious, political, scientific, or philosophic group 2) a rule or principle of law, especially when established by precedent or 3) a statement of official government policy, especially in foreign affairs and military strategy.
Dogma is of Greek origin and stems from "dokeo," meaning to think, to suppose or to imagine something. In Greek, it meant "that which seems good to me." The Romans borrowed it from the Greek and among other things used it to indicate an "order" or "decree." The modern definition is "a fixed, especially religious, belief or set of beliefs that people are expected to accept without any doubts."
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SYNONYMS
belief, canon, conviction, credo, creed, doctrine, dogma, maxim, opinion, philosophy, position, principle, rule, teaching, view
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO TODAY'S CONVERSATION:
"One of the tenets of good business is treating both employees and customers with respect and fairness."
noun
- one of the principles on which a belief or theory is based
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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WORD ORIGIN
Tenet stems from the Latin tenet, meaning "he holds" (something as true), which is the third person singular present indicative of tenere, to hold. The modern sense of a principle or belief probably evolved from the fact that in Middle Latin, tenet was used to introduce a statement of doctrine.
Tenet is typically used in the plural. This is simply because most organisational beliefs or doctrines, whether they belong to a religion, business or the local homeowners association, usually contain not just one tenet, but several. Tenet is sometimes used interchangeably with the words creed, doctrine and dogma. There are fine differences however:
Creed stems from the Latin "credo," which was related to trust or being credible (trustworthy). By extension, credo meant to believe in what one says. Today, creed is either a formal statement of religious belief/a confession of faith or a system of belief, principles, or opinions.
Doctrine comes from the Latin "doctrina," meaning instruction or teaching. Today it refers to 1) a principle or body of principles presented for acceptance or belief, as by a religious, political, scientific, or philosophic group 2) a rule or principle of law, especially when established by precedent or 3) a statement of official government policy, especially in foreign affairs and military strategy.
Dogma is of Greek origin and stems from "dokeo," meaning to think, to suppose or to imagine something. In Greek, it meant "that which seems good to me." The Romans borrowed it from the Greek and among other things used it to indicate an "order" or "decree." The modern definition is "a fixed, especially religious, belief or set of beliefs that people are expected to accept without any doubts."
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SYNONYMS
belief, canon, conviction, credo, creed, doctrine, dogma, maxim, opinion, philosophy, position, principle, rule, teaching, view
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO TODAY'S CONVERSATION:
"One of the tenets of good business is treating both employees and customers with respect and fairness."
