tenet

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tenet

/ˈtɛnɪt/ UK
/ˈtɛnɪt/ British, Canada, US
/ˈtɛnət/ British, Canada, US
/ˈtenɪt/ Australia
/ˈtenət/ Australia
/ˈtenət/ New Zealand

Rhymes with -ɛnɪt

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Borrowed from Latin tenet (“he, she, or it holds”), from teneō (“hold; have”). Compare obsolete tenent. See tenable.

noun tenets · tenant

An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization. The Buddhist concept of tanha, for example — roughly translated as “blind demandingness” — encapsulates many tenets of R.E.B.T. and points the way toward emotional equanimity: stop asking more of the universe than it can possibly deliver.
Similar: canon, lodestar

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: dogma, belief, credo, ism, principle, maxim, precept, doctrine, creed, postulate, premise, aspect, beginning, outset, tint, pillar

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noun an opinion, belief or principle

Español	creencia, principio, dogma, precepto, canon, credo
한국어	원리 wolli, 원칙 wonchik
日本語	原則 gensoku, 原理 genri
中文	原理 yuánlǐ, 信條 /信条 xìntiáo
Português	dogma
Français	principe, croyance, dogme
Deutsch	Dogma, Grundsatz, Glaubenssatz, Theorem, Grundregel
Italiano	principio, fondamento, credenza, dogma, cardine
Ελληνικά	δόγμα dógma
Русский	до́гмат dógmat, доктри́на doktrína, при́нцип príncip
Tiếng Việt	nguyên lý, nguyên lí, nguyên tắc

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@misc{tenet_2026,
  title = {tenet},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tenet},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}