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IPA transcription: ['tɛnəts]

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Noun

  • a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof

Usage examples

  • Thus he turned the tenets and jargon of psychology back on me.
  • Eight tenets have been prescribed to preserve bio-diversity and encourage good animal husbandry.
  • The history is then followed by a summary of the tenets of the faith.
  • Thus he turned the tenets and jargon of psychology back on me.
  • One of these tenets is that a Scout is "morally straight".
  • The organisation does not consider these tenets as dogma.
  • In tenets of faith, the Deobandis follow the Maturidi school of Islamic theology.