tenet

• tenant (misspelling)

Borrowed from Latin tenet (“he, she, or it holds”), from teneō (“hold; have”). Compare obsolete tenent. See tenable.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛnɪt/, /ˈtɛnət/

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• Rhymes: -ɛnɪt

tenet (plural tenets)

1. An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization.
   • 2009 May 10, “Enlightenment Therapy”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     The Buddhist concept of tanha, for example — roughly translated as “blind demandingness” — encapsulates many tenets of R.E.B.T. and points the way toward emotional equanimity: stop asking more of the universe than it can possibly deliver.

   • 2017 February 20, Paul Mason, “Climate scepticism is a far-right badge of honour – even in sweltering Australia”, in The Guardian‎^[2]:

     Opposition to climate science has become not just the badge of honour for far-right politicians like Ukip’s Paul Nuttall. It has become the central tenet of their appeal to unreason.

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• etten

From Proto-Central Naga *th-ni(t), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ni-s.

• (Chungli) IPA^(key): /tɯ˥.nɯt˥/, [tə˥.nɯt˥]

tenet

1. (Chungli) seven

• Bruhn, Daniel Wayne (2014), A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Central Naga‎^[3], Berkeley: University of California, pages 83, 193
• Gowda, K. S. Gurubasave (1985), Ao-English-Hindi Dictionary, Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages, page 40
• Clark, Mary M. (1893), Ao Naga grammar with illustrative phrases and vocabulary, Molung: Assam Secretariat Printing Office, page 44

tenet

1. third-person singular present active indicative of teneō