# tenet

Pronunciation: US say "TEN-it" /ˈtɛnɪt/; UK

## Noun

1. An opinion, belief, or principle held as absolute truth, especially by an organization.
   - Simple: A belief or rule that a person or group holds to be completely true.
   - _A central tenet of the party is that taxes should remain low._
   - _The organization's founding tenets have remained unchanged for nearly a century._

## Origin

Borrowed from Latin tenet ("he, she, or it holds"), a form of the verb teneō ("to hold; to have"), which is also related to the word tenable.

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