Word

principle, n.
(principles)
freq. cnt. 36

a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 16 freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 3

principle rule

sample sentences

"their principles of composition characterized all their works"

semantic pointers

hypernym

generalization, generalisation, generality

hyponym

pillar yang yin feng shui

a rule or standard especially of good behavior
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 9

principle

sample sentences

"a man of principle"
"he will not violate his principles"

semantic pointers

hypernym

value

hyponym

accounting principle, accounting standard chivalry, knightliness value-system, ethic, moral principle, value orientation Hellenism legal principle, judicial principle, judicial doctrine scruple

a basic truth or law or assumption
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 7

principle

sample sentences

"the principles of democracy"

semantic pointers

hypernym

law, natural law

hyponym

dictate fundamentals, basics, fundamental principle, basic principle, bedrock logic pleasure principle, pleasure-pain principle, pleasure-unpleasure principle reality principle insurrectionism conservation Tao

a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

principle rule

sample sentences

"the principle of the conservation of mass"
"the principle of jet propulsion"
"the right-hand rule for inductive fields"

semantic pointers

hypernym

law, law of nature

hyponym

Gestalt law of organization, Gestalt principle of organization Le Chatelier's principle, Le Chatelier's law, Le Chatelier principle, Le Chatelier-Braun principle Gresham's Law mass-energy equivalence Naegele's rule Occam's Razor, Ockham's Razor, principle of parsimony, law of parsimony principle of equivalence principle of liquid displacement principle of superposition, Huygens' principle of superposition principle of superposition, superposition principle, superposition mass-action principle, mass action localization of function, localisation of function, localization principle, localisation principle, localization, localisation

(law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature)
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2

principle rationale