tenet
/ˈtɛnɪt/
tenet noun: an opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization.
Noun
tenet (plural tenets)
- 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.2009 October 5, “Enlightenment Therapy”, in The New York Times
- Opposition to climate science has become not just the badge of honour for far-right politicians like Ukip’s Paul Nuttall. It has become the central tenet of their appeal to unreason.2017 February 20, Paul Mason, “Climate scepticism is a far-right badge of honour – even in sweltering Australia”, in The Guardian
tenet meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
tenet in Tamil
- ஒழுக்க நெறி, சரி என ஏற்கும் கொள்கை
tenet in Urdu
- اصول, عقیدہ, مسئلہ
tenet in Bengali
- tenet, doctrine
- মত mot
tenet in Malayalam
- പ്രമാണം, നിയമം, വിശ്വാസം, സിദ്ധാന്തം, തത്ത്വം
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- tenet in Kannada
- ಕಡುನಂಬಿಕೆ, ಬಗೆತ, ಅಡಿಕಟ್ಟಲೆ
- tenet in Tagalog
- turo
- tenet in Malay
- rukun, kepercayaan
- tenet in Persian
- اَصْل asl
- tenet in Vietnamese
- nguyên lý, nguyên lí, nguyên tắc
Examples of tenet in a sentence
- He was doctrinally knowledgeable but failed to follow the basic tenets of the religion.
- She wrote an essay expounding the tenets of Scottish separatism.
- For any new religious movement to have legs, a sine qua non is the undisprovability of its tenets.
Synonyms of tenet
Forms of tenet
| plural | tenets |
|---|---|
| alternative form | tenant |
Origin of tenet
Borrowed from Latin tenet (“he, she, or it holds”), from teneō (“hold; have”). Compare obsolete tenent. See tenable.
Words that rhyme with tenet
Questions about tenet
- What does tenet mean?
- Tenet means an opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization.
- What is tenet in Tamil?
- Tenet in Tamil is ஒழுக்க நெறி, சரி என ஏற்கும் கொள்கை. See Tenet meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is tenet?
- Tenet is a noun.
- How do you pronounce tenet?
- Tenet is pronounced /ˈtɛnɪt/.
- What is the plural of tenet?
- The plural of tenet is tenets.
Words near tenet in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tenet (page history and authors); tenet (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tenet (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); মত (Bengali) (page history and authors); tenet (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tenet (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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