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tenet

/ˈtɛnət/

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What does tenet mean?

noun

  1. An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization.
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/ˈtɛnət/

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It is a favorite tenet of the modern historian that history is a continuous stream.
Henry Smith Williams; Edward Huntington WilliamsA History of Science — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #1705
Quare etiam atque etiam tales fateare necesse est Esse alios alibi congressus materiali; Qualis hic est, avido complexu quem tenet æther.
Michel de MontaigneEssays of Michel de Montaigne — CompleteTranslated by Charles CottonProject Gutenberg ebook #3600
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Predestination of state and condition in another world is a common theological tenet, predestination of state and condition in this world is a common social theory.
Alexander Francis ChamberlainThe Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-DayProject Gutenberg ebook #7966
The fundamental tenet upon which the system is built up is that what is incomplete must be not self-subsistent, but must need the support of other things before it can exist.
Bertrand RussellThe Problems of PhilosophyProject Gutenberg ebook #5827