principle - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

(law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature)

Synonyms

• principle
• rationale

More generic

• explanation

More specific

• dialectics

Noun

a basic truth or law or assumption

Synonyms

• principle

More generic

• law
• natural law

More specific

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

Noun

a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system

Synonyms

• principle
• rule

More generic

• law
• law of nature

More specific

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

Noun

a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct

Synonyms

• principle
• rule

More generic

• generalisation
• generality
• generalization

More specific

• feng shui
• pillar
• yang
• yin

Noun

a rule or standard especially of good behavior

Synonyms

• principle

More generic

• value

More specific

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

Noun

rule of personal conduct

Synonyms

• precept
• principle

More generic

• prescript
• rule

More specific

• caveat emptor
• higher law
• hypothetical imperative
• moral principle

Related

• ethic
• ethical code

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