tenet
noun /ˈtenɪt/
/ˈtenɪt/
(formal)- one of the principles or beliefs that a theory or larger set of beliefs is based on
- one of the basic/central tenets of Christianity
Extra Examples- They are an extreme sect with their own tenets and doctrines.
- This is one of the central tenets of their moral thinking.
- Underlying Leninism was the tenet that revolution was inevitable.
Word Originlate 16th cent. (superseding earlier tenent): from Latin, literally ‘he holds’, from the verb tenere.