principle
/prˈɪnsʌpʌl/
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Definitions
Noun
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"
Noun
a rule or standard especially of good behavior; "a man of principle"; "he will not violate his principles"
Noun
a basic truth or law or assumption; "the principles of democracy"
Noun
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"
Noun
rule of personal conduct
Noun
(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"
More General Terms
explanation
generalisation
generality
generalization
law
law of nature
natural law
prescript
rule
value
More Specific Terms
accounting principle
accounting standard
basic principle
basics
bedrock
caveat emptor
chivalry
conservation
dialectics
dictate
ethic
feng shui
fundamental principle
fundamentals
Gestalt law of organization
Gestalt principle of organization
Gresham''s Law
Hellenism
higher law
Huygens'' principle of superposition
hypothetical imperative
insurrectionism
judicial doctrine
judicial principle
knightliness
law of parsimony
Le Chatelier principle
Le Chatelier-Braun principle
Le Chatelier''s law
Le Chatelier''s principle
legal principle
localisation
localisation of function
localisation principle
localization
localization of function
localization principle
logic
mass action
mass-action principle
mass-energy equivalence
moral principle
Naegele''s rule
Occam''s Razor
Ockham''s Razor
pillar
pleasure principle
pleasure-pain principle
pleasure-unpleasure principle
principle of equivalence
principle of liquid displacement
principle of parsimony
principle of superposition
reality principle
scruple
superposition
superposition principle
Tao
value orientation
value-system
yang
yin