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| Sounds | prih'nsahpahl |
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| Rhymes | abdominal, Abel, able, and 2061 more rhymes in ahl... |
| Meaning | A basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct. |
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| Examples | "their principles of composition characterized all their works" |
| Synonyms | rule |
| Broader | generalization, generalisation, generality |
| Narrower | pillar; yang; yin; feng shui |
| Meaning | A rule or standard especially of good behavior. |
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| Examples | "a man of principle"; "he will not violate his principles" |
| Broader | value |
| Narrower | accounting principle, accounting standard; chivalry, knightliness; ethic, moral principle, value-system, value orientation; Hellenism; legal principle, judicial principle, judicial doctrine; Orleanism; scruple |
| Meaning | A basic truth or law or assumption. |
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| Examples | "the principles of democracy" |
| Broader | law, natural law |
| Narrower | dictate; fundamentals, basics, fundamental principle, basic principle, bedrock; logic; pleasure principle, pleasure-pain principle, pleasure-unpleasure principle; reality principle; insurrectionism; conservation; Tao |
| Meaning | A rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system. |
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| Examples | "the principle of the conservation of mass"; "the principle of jet propulsion" |
| Synonyms | rule |
| Broader | law, law of nature |
| Narrower | Gestalt law of organization, Gestalt principle of organization; Le Chatelier's principle, Le Chatelier's law, Le Chatelier principle, Le Chatelier-Braun principle; Gresham's Law; mass-energy equivalence; Naegele's rule; Occam's Razor, Ockham's Razor, principle of parsimony, law of parsimony; principle of equivalence; principle of liquid displacement; principle of superposition, Huygens' principle of superposition; principle of superposition, superposition principle, superposition; mass-action principle, mass action; localization of function, localisation of function, localization principle, localisation principle, localization, localisation |
| Meaning | Rule of personal conduct. |
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| Synonyms | precept |
| Part of | ethic, ethical code |
| Broader | rule, prescript |
| Narrower | higher law; moral principle; hypothetical imperative; caveat emptor |
| Meaning | (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature). |
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| Examples | "the principles of internal-combustion engines" |
| Synonyms | rationale |
| Category | law, jurisprudence |
| Broader | explanation |
| Narrower | dialectics |
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