tenet
pronunciation
How to pronounce tenet in British English:
UK [ˈtenɪt]
How to pronounce tenet in American English:
US [ˈtenɪt]
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- Noun:
- a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof
Word Origin
- tenet
- tenet: see tenant
- tenet (n.)
- "principle, opinion, or dogma maintained as true by a person, sect, school, etc.," properly "a thing held (to be true)," early 15c., from Latin tenet "he holds," third person singular present indicative of tenere "to hold, grasp, keep, have possession, maintain," also "reach, gain, acquire, obtain; hold back, repress, restrain;" figuratively "hold in mind, take in, understand." The Latin word is from PIE root *ten- "to stretch" (cognates: Sanskrit tantram "loom," tanoti "stretches, lasts;" Persian tar "string;" Lithuanian tankus "compact," i.e. "tightened;" Greek teinein "to stretch," tasis "a stretching, tension," tenos "sinew," tetanos "stiff, rigid," tonos "string," hence "sound, pitch;" Latin tendere "to stretch," tenuis "thin, rare, fine;" Old Church Slavonic tento "cord;" Old English þynne "thin"). Connecting notion between "stretch" and "hold" is "cause to maintain." The modern sense is probably because tenet was used in Medieval Latin to introduce a statement of doctrine.
Example
- 1. One tenet that gained particular traction among clinicians was respect for the person .
- 2. This is a basic tenet of buddhist teachings .
- 3. Our tenet : to innovate by science and technology , honest and creditable , quality first , clients paramount !
- 4. Republicans pounced , insisting that mr obama was infringing religious freedom and forcing catholics in particular to contravene a basic tenet of their faith .
- 5. A major tenet of us politics is that if politicians wait long enough , public attention wanders .