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tenet [ten-it; Brit. also tee-nit]
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tenet [ten-it; Brit. also tee-nit]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: belief, principle
Synonyms: article of faith, assumption, canon, conception, conviction, credo, creed, doctrine, dogma, faith, impression, maxim, opinion, persuasion, position, precept, presumption, profession, rule, self-conviction, system, teaching, thesis, trust, view
Notes: a tenant is one who has a right or lease to occupy a place; a tenet is a belief, rule or part of a doctrine
Main Entry: canon
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: rule, edict
Synonyms: assize, catalogue, command, commandment, criterion, declaration, decree, decretum, dictate, doctrine, dogma, formula, law, list, maxim, order, ordinance, precept, principle, regulation, roll, screed, standard, statute, table, tenet, touchstone, yardstick
Notes: a cannon is a large mounted artillery gun or a large artillery gun that is on wheels that fires heavy projectiles while a canon is an ecclesiastical law or code of laws established by a church council or a priest who is a member of a cathedral chapter
Main Entry: conviction
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: belief, opinion
Synonyms: confidence, creed, doctrine, dogma, eye, faith, feeling, judgment call, mind, persuasion, principle, reliance, say so, sentiment, slant, tenet, view
Main Entry: creed
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: belief, principles
Synonyms: articles of faith, canon, catechism, church, confession, conviction, cult, doctrine, dogma, faith, ideology, persuasion, profession, religion, tenet, weltanschauung
Main Entry: doctrine
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: opinion; principle
Synonyms: article, article of faith, attitude, axiom, basic, belief, canon, concept, convention, conviction, credenda, creed, declaration, dogma, fundamental, gospel, implantation, inculcation, indoctrination, instruction, position, precept, pronouncement, propaganda, proposition, regulation, rule, statement, teaching, tenet, tradition, universal law, unwritten rule
Antonyms: disbelief, heterodoxy, skepticism, unbelief
Main Entry: dogma
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: belief, principle
Synonyms: article, article of faith, canon, conviction, credenda, credo, creed, doctrine, gospel, opinion, persuasion, precept, rule, teachings, tenet, view
Antonyms: ambiguity, doubt, indecision, unbelief, uncertainty
Main Entry: faith
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: belief in a higher being; community of believers
Synonyms: canon, church, communion, confession, connection, conviction, credo, creed, cult, denomination, doctrine, dogma, doxy, gospel, orthodoxy, persuasion, piety, piousness, principle, profession, religion, revelation, sect, teaching, tenet, theism, theology, worship
Antonyms: agnosticism, denial, doubt, rejection, skepticism, unbelief
Main Entry: ideology
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: beliefs
Synonyms: Weltanschauung, articles of faith, credo, creed, culture, dogma, ideas, outlook, philosophy, principles, system, tenets, theory, view
Main Entry: institute
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: law; custom
Synonyms: convention, decree, decretum, doctrine, dogma, edict, establishment, fixture, habit, maxim, ordinance, practice, precedent, precept, prescript, principle, regulation, rite, ritual, rule, statute, tenet, tradition
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