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principle::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | rationale |
| Type of | explanation |
| Has types | dialectics |
the principles of internal-combustion engines.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | precept |
| Type of | prescript, rule |
| Has types | higher law, hypothetical imperative, moral principle, caveat emptor |
principle::noun | Spocien Dictionary
the principle of the conservation of mass.
the principle of jet propulsion.
principle::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | rule |
| Type of | generalisation, generalization, generality |
| Has types | yin, feng shui, yang, pillar |
their principles of composition characterized all their works.
principle::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | natural law, law |
| Has types | dictate, basic principle, basics, bedrock, conservation, fundamental principle, fundamentals, insurrectionism, logic, pleasure-pain principle, pleasure-unpleasure principle, pleasure principle, reality principle, tao |
the principles of democracy.
principle::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | value |
| Has types | judicial doctrine, judicial principle, knightliness, moral principle, accounting principle, chivalry, legal principle, value-system, value orientation, scruple, hellenism, accounting standard, ethic |
a man of principle.
he will not violate his principles.
Examples of principles
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We must have unifying principles and practices, a wholly wise and wholesome way.
From the stltoday.com
The other is that the NBA's salary-cap system is, by its own principles, broken.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Then will come the real test of whether Bush will put principles before patrons.
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The underlying principles were formulated by Samuel Hahnemann in the late 1700s.
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They backed into it, never articulating clear principles for how it should work.
From the time.com
They care more about the purity of their principles than the size of their tent.
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They ruled the ancient Chinese society by moral principles and loose management.
From the theepochtimes.com
The principles should be we've got to reduce spending and get on the right path.
From the time.com
A statement of ethical principles for medical research involving human subjects.
From the independent.co.uk
- A basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct; "their principles of composition characterized all their works"
- A rule or standard especially of good behavior; "a man of principle"; "he will not violate his principles"
- A basic truth or law or assumption; "the principles of democracy"
- A rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system; "the principle of the conservation of mass"; "the principle of jet propulsion"; "the right-hand rule for inductive fields"
- Rule of personal conduct
- Rationale: (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature); "the rationale for capital punishment"; "the principles of internal-combustion engines"
- A principle is a law or rule that has to be, or usually is to be followed, or can be desirably followed, or is an inevitable consequence of something, such as the laws of nature or the way that a device is constructed.
- In modern chemistry, principles are the constituents of a substance, specifically those that produce a certain quality or effect in the substance, such as a bitter principle, which is any one of the numerous compounds having a bitter taste.
- Polygamy (called plural marriage or the Principle within Mormonism) was a defining characteristic of early Mormonism, and continues to be the defining characteristic of Mormon fundamentalism. The practice of polygamy was instituted in the 1830s by founder Joseph Smith, Jr. ...
