'Tenet' definitions:
Definition of 'tenet'
(from WordNet)
noun
A religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof [syn: dogma, tenet]
Definition of 'Tenet'
From: GCIDE
- Tenet \Ten"et\, n. [L. tenet he holds, fr. tenere to hold. See Tenable.] Any opinion, principle, dogma, belief, or doctrine, which a person holds or maintains as true; as, the tenets of Plato or of Cicero. [1913 Webster]
- That al animals of the land are in their kind in the sea, . . . is a tenet very questionable. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
- The religious tenets of his family he had early renounced with contempt. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Dogma; doctrine; opinion; principle; position. See Dogma. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'tenet'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a belief,
- article of faith,
- axiom,
- belief,
- canon,
- code,
- commandment,
- convention,
- conviction,
- credo,
- creed,
- dictum,
- doctrine,
- dogma,
- form,
- formula,
- general principle,
- golden rule,
- guideline,
- guiding principle,
- idea,
- ideology,
- imperative,
- law,
- maxim,
- mitzvah,
- moral,
- norm,
- opinion,
- ordinance,
- persuasion,
- position,
- precept,
- principium,
- principle,
- regulation,
- rubric,
- rule,
- settled principle,
- standard,
- teaching,
- view,
- viewpoint,
- working principle,
- working rule