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tenet
[ ten-it; British also tee-nit ]
/ ËtÉn ÉȘt; British also Ëti nÉȘt /
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noun
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
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Origin of tenet
1590â1600; <Latin: he holds
how to pronounce tenet
The word tenet , defined here, should not be hard to pronounce. For speakers of American English, say the number ten, then add the pronoun it , and you have tenet , pronounced (tenit). Unfortunately, there is a similar-looking and similar-sounding word in English that is much more commonâthe word tenant , meaning someone who rents and occupies an apartment, office, etc. This word is pronounced (tenÉnt), and its pronunciation is frequently used in error by people who intend to say tenet . Because both words involve sequences of the same letters t and n âboth of which are pronounced with the tongue in the same place, touching the upper palateâit is easy for the extra n of the more common word tenant to creep into the pronunciation of tenet . With care, one can learn to pronounce these two words differently and appropriately.
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British Dictionary definitions for tenet
tenet
/ (ËtÉnÉȘt, ËtiËnÉȘt) /
noun
a belief, opinion, or dogma
Word Origin for tenet
C17: from Latin, literally: he (it) holds, from tenÄre to hold
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