tenetten‧et /ˈtenɪt/ noun [countable] 
one of the basic tenets of democracytenet of the main tenet of his philosophy
WORD ORIGINtenet
Origin:
1500-1600 Latin ‘he or she holds’, from tenere; ➔ TENOREXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- But it reopened after a state judge ruled this month that the cooperative could do business under the tenets of Proposition 215.
- In order to reveal these foundations we must therefore examine the main tenets of conservative and liberal political thought.
- No dissent from or criticism of Kim Il Sung, his tenets, or his decisions was permitted.
- Priscillian seems, too, to have demanded adherence to at least certain tenets of Judaic law.
- Such tenets involved the papacy in action.
- This was a central tenet of the bureaucratic model.
WORD SETS
acolyte, nounafterlife, nounagnostic, nounangel, nounanimism, nounanoint, verbapostasy, nounapostate, nounarchangel, nounbelieve, verbbeliever, nounbell-ringer, nounbless, verbblessed, adjectiveblessing, nouncelebrant, nounChristian Science, nouncircumcise, verbcircumcision, nouncommunion, nounconfession, nounconvent, nounconversion, nounconvert, nouncoreligionist, nouncowl, nouncredo, nouncreed, nouncult, noundaemon, nounDecalogue, noundefrock, verbdeism, noundenomination, noundenominational, adjectivedevotee, noundevotion, noundevotional, adjectivedevout, adjectivedivine, adjectivedivinity, noundruid, nounfaith, nounfast day, nounfeast, nounfervour, nounfiesta, nounfollow, verbfrankincense, noungentile, noungod, noungoddess, noungrace, nounhabit, nounhair shirt, nounhallelujah, interjectionhallowed, adjectivehalo, nounheathen, adjectiveheathen, nounheaven, nounheavenly, adjectivehell, nounheresy, nounheretic, nounhermit, nounhermitage, nounheterodox, adjectivehigh priest, nounidol, nounidolatry, nounincarnation, nounincense, nouninfidel, nounintercession, nouninvocation, nouninvoke, verbirreligious, adjective-ism, suffixlayman, nounlaywoman, nounlibation, nounliturgical, adjectiveliturgy, nounmartyr, nounmartyr, verbmeditate, verbmeditation, nounmission, nounmonastery, nounmonastic, adjectivemonk, nounmonotheism, nounMoonie, nounMormon, nounMosaic, adjectivemystery play, nounmystic, nounmystical, adjectivemysticism, nounneophyte, nounnovice, nounnovitiate, nounnuminous, adjectivenun, nounnunnery, nounoblation, nounobservance, nounoffering, nounOlympian, adjectiveordain, verborder, nounorthodox, adjectiveotherworldly, adjectivepagan, adjectivepagan, nounpantheism, nounpantheon, nounParsee, nounpilgrim, nounpilgrimage, nounpious, adjectivepluralism, nounpolytheism, nounpractise, verbpray, verbprayer, nounprayer wheel, nounpreach, verbpreacher, nounpriest, nounpriestess, nounpriesthood, nounpriestly, adjectiveprophet, nounprophetess, nounpurify, verbRasta, nounRastafarian, nounRastaman, nounRE, nounrecant, verbreincarnation, nounreligious, adjectivereligiously, adverbreliquary, nounrepent, verbretreat, nounrevelation, nounrevivalism, nounrite, nounritual, nounsacred, adjectivesacrifice, nounsacrifice, verbsacrificial, adjectivesanctify, verbsanctity, nounsanctuary, nounsanctum, nounsatanism, nounscripture, nounsect, nounsectarian, adjectiveservice, nounshaman, nounShinto, nounshrine, nounsin, nounsin, verbsinful, adjectivesinner, nounsoul, nounspirit, nounspiritual, adjectivespiritualism, nounspirituality, nounSr, sun god, nounsuppliant, nounsupplicant, nounsupplication, nounSupreme Being, nounTao, nounTaoism, nountemple, nountenet, nounthanksgiving, nountheism, nountheo-, prefixtheocracy, nountheologian, nountheological college, nountheology, nountonsure, nountranscendental, adjectivetranscendental meditation, nountransmigration, noununbelief, noununbeliever, nounungodly, adjectiveunholy, adjectiveunorthodox, adjectivevisionary, nounvoodoo, nounvotary, nounworship, verbworship, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY one of the basic tenets of democracyCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
a principle or belief, especially one that is part of a larger system of beliefscentral/basic/fundamental etc tenet one of the basic tenets of democracy· Taking each in turn, their basic tenets and relative political attractions can be highlighted.· One of the basic tenets of the campaign finance system is disclosure.· Another basic tenet of the free market is the free flow of labour.· Trying to force people into unwanted roles violates the most basic tenet of Western culture.· They boiled down to three basic tenets.· Here Whitman sets forth his basic tenets and suggests the central movement that is to follow.· Mostly, they have failed to acknowledge one basic tenet of the high-tech world: We know too much.
· Equally, revisionist conclusions conflict with many of the central tenets of Soviet orthodoxy.· Thus the vast age of the Earth became the central tenet of geology.· In this respect Hirschi shared the long-standing positivist rejection of the central tenet of classicism: deterrence.· This was a central tenet of the bureaucratic model.· This particular view has become one of the central tenets of the present Conservative government's economic policy.· Some of the central tenets of these belief systems are as follows: 1.
· A fundamental tenet of Adler's theory is that human actions are motivated by feelings of inferiority of some kind.· He had questioned a fundamental tenet of her life, that young women are more attractive than older women.· The fundamental tenet of Democritus' physics is that all that exists is matter.
· In order to reveal these foundations we must therefore examine the main tenets of conservative and liberal political thought.· One of the main tenets of behaviourism is that behaviour can be shaped through reinforcement by reward.· The main tenet of Sobchak's philosophy is that a woman should never forget to be a woman.· A summary of the main tenets of monetarism and the monetarist policy recommendations are summarised at the end of the next chapter.
one of the basic tenets of democracytenet of the main tenet of his philosophy