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in principal

in principal is the misspelling of in principle.

Meaning of in principle

Prepositional phrase

  1. With regard to the fundamentals, but not to the particulars.
    • agree in principle
  2. According to theory.
    • The Gleichschaltung of the party took longer, but was equally inevitable: the matter was settled in principle at the Tenth Congress, in March 1921, by Lenin's attack on factionalism and 'the luxury of studying shades of opinion', and his statement that 'we must make it quite clear that we cannot...1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in...

Questions about in principal

What is in principal the misspelling of?
In principal is the misspelling of in principle.

Words near in principal in the dictionary

  1. in practice
  2. in prejudice of
  3. in present
  4. in pride
  5. in prime twig
  6. in principal
  7. in principle
  8. in print
  9. in prison
  10. in private
  11. in profile

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