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Tenet

//ˈtɛnɪt// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    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."

  2. 2
    a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tenet (“he, she, or it holds”), from teneō (“hold; have”). Compare obsolete tenent. See tenable.

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