It is necessary for every person who stands for progress to criticise every tenet of old beliefs.
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Tenet
//ˈtɛnɪt//
Synonyms for "tenet" (46 found)
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82 translations across 31 languages.
Belarusian
3 entries- дактры́на noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
- до́гмат noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
- пры́нцып noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
Bulgarian
2 entries- до́гма noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
- при́нцип noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
Catalan
4 entries- creença noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
- dogma noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
- opinió noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
- principi noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 信條 /信条 noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
- 原理 noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
Czech
4 entries- dogma noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
- krédo noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
- princip noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
- zásada noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
Danish
2 entries- dogme noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
- princip noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
Dutch
4 entries- dogma noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
- grondregel noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
- overtuiging noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
- pijler noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
Esperanto
1 entries- dogmo noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
Finnish
3 entries- dogmi noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
- opinkappale noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
- periaate noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
French
3 entries- croyance noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
- dogme noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
- principe noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
Galician
1 entries- principio noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
German
4 entries- Dogma noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
- Glaubenssatz noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
- Grundregel noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
- Grundsatz noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
Greek
1 entries- δόγμα noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
Hungarian
2 entries- elv noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
- nézet noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
Italian
4 entries- cardine noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
- credenza noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
- dogma noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
- fondamento noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
Japanese
2 entries- 原則 noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
- 原理 noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
Kazakh
2 entries- қағида noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
- қағидат noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
Korean
2 entries- 원리 noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
- 원칙 noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
Malay
2 entries- kepercayaan noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
- rukun noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- dogme noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
- grunnsetning noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
- prinsipp noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- dogme noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
- grunnsetning noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
- prinsipp noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
Persian
1 entries- اَصْل noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
Polish
2 entries- dogmat noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
- zasada noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
Portuguese
1 entries- dogma noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
Russian
3 entries- до́гмат noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
- доктри́на noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
- при́нцип noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
Spanish
4 entries- canon noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
- credo noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
- creencia noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
- dogma noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
Swedish
2 entries- dogm noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
- grundsats noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
Tagalog
1 entries- turo noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
Turkish
3 entries- düstur noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
- ilke noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
- prensip noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
Ukrainian
3 entries- до́гмат noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
- доктри́на noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
- при́нцип noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
Vietnamese
3 entries- nguyên lí noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
- nguyên lý noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
- nguyên tắc noun (an opinion, belief or principle)
Sample sentences
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Zen Buddhism is also called "Buddha's mind school" because of its basic tenet of transmitting the mind of Buddha directly from teacher to student without relying on writings or sutras.
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The oneness of God is the most central tenet in Islam.
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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.
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