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principled

/ˈpɹɪnsɪpəld/

principled adjective: based on, having, or manifesting principles. Also the simple past and past participle of principle.

Adjective

principled (comparative more principled, superlative most principled)

  1. Based on, having, or manifesting principles
    • Governors had need be well principled.1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC
    • While most of these efforts have focused on compressing the uplink, none of them provide a principled solution to compressing the downlink.
    1. strongly adhering to, or heedful of, guiding beliefs or moral rules

Also used as

principled is also the simple past and past participle of principle.

principled meaning in Marathi and Kannada

principled in Marathi

तत्त्वनिष्ठ

principled in Kannada

ತತ್ವಬದ್ಧ

Examples of principled in a sentence

  • Obviously, principled conservatives might question the scope or effectiveness of this or that particular covid-combating mandate.
  • The compressed lips suggest his principled reticence, his practice of keeping his own counsel.
  • The lone "nay" came from the Republican lawmaker from Louisiana, Clay Higgins, who defied his party saying his vote was a principled "NO".

All 11 example sentences with principled

Synonyms of principled

Antonyms

Forms of principled

comparativemore principled
superlativemost principled

Origin of principled

From principle + -ed.

Words formed from principled

Questions about principled

What does principled mean?
Principled means based on, having, or manifesting principles.
What is principled in Marathi?
Principled in Marathi is तत्त्वनिष्ठ. See Principled meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is principled?
Principled is an adjective.
How do you pronounce principled?
Principled is pronounced /ˈpɹɪnsɪpəld/.

Words near principled in the dictionary

  1. principle of relativity
  2. principle of substitutivity
  3. principle of sufficient reason
  4. principle of verifiability
  5. principle of verification
  6. principled
  7. principledly
  8. principledness
  9. principles
  10. principling
  11. principlism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: principled (page history and authors); principled (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); principled (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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