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English

Etymology

From Latin principium, beginning, foundation

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈprɪnsɪpəl/ or /ˈprɪnsəpəl/
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-principle.ogg


Homophones


Noun

  1. A fundamental assumption.
  2. : We need some sort of principles to reason from.
  3. A rule used to choose among solutions to a problem.
  4. : The principle of least privilege holds that a process should only receive the permissions it needs.
  5. In the Context of Moral rule or aspect.
  6. : I don't doubt your principles; you are clearly a person of principle.
  7. : It's the principle of the thing; I won't do business with someone I can't trust.
  8. A rule or law of nature, or the basic idea on how the laws of nature are applied.
  9. : Bernoulli's principle
  10. : The 1 prevents two fermions from occupying the same state.
  11. : The principle of the internal combustion engine
  12. In the Context of A fundamental essence, particularly one producing a given quality.
  13. : Many believe that life is the result of some vital principle.
  14. : Cathartine is the bitter, purgative principle of senna. — Gregory.
  15. A beginning.
  16. : Doubting sad end of principle unsound. — Spenser.


Usage notes

Principle (moral rule) is often confused with principal (most important.) Consult both definitions if in doubt.

The confused may care to remember that 'The principal alphabetic principle places A before E' as a reminder of the relative spelling.

Synonyms

  • (moral rule or aspect) tenet


Related terms


Translations

  • Arabic:
  • Chinese: 原則, 原则 (yuánzé)
  • Dutch: {{t+|nl|principe|n}}
  • Finnish: , ,
  • French: {{t+|fr|principe|m}}
  • German: {{t+|de|Prinzip|n}}
  • Greek: αρχή (archí)
  • Hebrew:
  • Hungarian:
  • Italian: {{t+|it|principio|m}}
  • Japanese: {{t+|ja|主義|tr=しゅぎ, shugi|sc=Jpan}}
  • Korean: 원리 (wolli)
  • Portuguese: {{t+|pt|princípio|m}}
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|принцип|m|tr=príncip|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Spanish: {{t+|es|principio|m}}
  • Swedish: {{t-|sv|princip|c}}
  • Finnish:
  • French: {{t+|fr|principe|m}}
  • Hebrew:
  • Japanese: {{t+|ja|主義|tr=しゅぎ, shugi|sc=Jpan}}, {{t|ja|原則|tr=gensoku|sc=Jpan}}
  • Portuguese: princípio
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|принцип|m|tr=príncip|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Czech: {{t-|cs|zásada|f}}
  • Finnish: ,
  • French: {{t+|fr|principe|m}}
  • Hebrew:
  • Japanese: {{t+|ja|主義|tr=しゅぎ, shugi|sc=Jpan}}, {{t|ja|信念|tr=shin'nen|sc=Jpan}}; {{t|ja|行動指針|tr=kōdō-shishin|sc=Jpan}}
  • Kurdish:
  • Portuguese: princípio
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|принцип|m|tr=príncip|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Czech: {{t-|cs|princip|m}}
  • Finnish: , ,
  • French: {{t+|fr|principe|m}}
  • Hebrew:
  • Japanese: {{t+|ja|原理|tr=genri|sc=Jpan}}
  • Portuguese: princípio

See also


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Principle \Prin"ci*ple\, n. [F. principe, L. principium
beginning, foundation, fr. princeps, -cipis. See Prince.]
1. Beginning; commencement. [Obs.]
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Doubting sad end of principle unsound. --Spenser.
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2. A source, or origin; that from which anything proceeds;
fundamental substance or energy; primordial substance;
ultimate element, or cause.
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The soul of man is an active principle. --Tillotson.
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3. An original faculty or endowment.
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Nature in your principles hath set [benignity].
--Chaucer.
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Those active principles whose direct and ultimate
object is the communication either of enjoyment or
suffering. --Stewart.
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4. A fundamental truth; a comprehensive law or doctrine, from
which others are derived, or on which others are founded;
a general truth; an elementary proposition; a maxim; an
axiom; a postulate.
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Therefore, leaving the principles of the doctrine of
Christ, let us go on unto perfection. --Heb. vi. 1.
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A good principle, not rightly understood, may prove
as hurtful as a bad. --Milton.
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5. A settled rule of action; a governing law of conduct; an
opinion or belief which exercises a directing influence on
the life and behavior; a rule (usually, a right rule) of
conduct consistently directing one's actions; as, a person
of no principle.
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All kinds of dishonesty destroy our pretenses to an
honest principle of mind. --Law.
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6. (Chem.) Any original inherent constituent which
characterizes a substance, or gives it its essential
properties, and which can usually be separated by
analysis; -- applied especially to drugs, plant extracts,
etc.
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Cathartine is the bitter, purgative principle of
senna. --Gregory.
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Bitter principle, Principle of contradiction, etc. See
under Bitter, Contradiction, etc.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Principle \Prin"ci*ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Principled; p.
pr. & vb. n. Principling.]
To equip with principles; to establish, or fix, in certain
principles; to impress with any tenet, or rule of conduct,
good or ill.
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Governors should be well principled. --L'Estrange.
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Let an enthusiast be principled that he or his teacher
is inspired. --Locke.
[1913 Webster] Princock
WordNet principle
n 1: a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can
be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct; "their
principles of composition characterized all their works"
[syn: rule]
2: a rule or standard especially of good behavior; "a man of
principle"; "he will not violate his principles"
3: a basic truth or law or assumption; "the principles of
democracy"
4: a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the
function of a complex system; "the principle of the
conservation of mass"; "the principle of jet propulsion";
"the right-hand rule for inductive fields" [syn: rule]
5: rule of personal conduct [syn: precept]
6: (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially
an explanation of the working of some device in terms of
laws of nature); "the rationale for capital punishment";
"the principles of internal-combustion engines" [syn: rationale]
Moby Dictionary
Procrustean law , a belief , a priori truth , activity , ambition ,
antecedents , article of faith , aspiration , at bottom , attitude ,
axiom , base , basement , basically , basis , bearing wall , bed ,
bedding , bedrock , belief , brocard , call , calling , campaign , canon ,
causation , cause , cause and effect , center , code , commandment ,
commitment , conscience , consideration , convention , core , credo ,
creed , criterion , crusade , determinant , determinative , dictate ,
dictum , doctrine , dogma , drive , element , elements , elixir , essence ,
essential , essentially , ethic , etiology , factor , faith , floor ,
flooring , flower , focus , fond , footing , form , formality , formula ,
formulary , foundation , fundament , fundamental , fundamentally ,
fundamentals , general principle , gist , given , goal , golden rule ,
grammar , gravamen , great cause , ground , grounds , groundwork , guide ,
guideline , guiding light , guiding principle , guiding star , hardpan ,
heart , honesty , hypostasis , idea , ideal , ideally , imperative ,
in essence , in theory , inner essence , inspiration , integrity ,
intention , interest , issue , kernel , law , law of nature , lifework ,
lodestar , mainspring , marrow , mass movement , matter , maxim , meat ,
mitzvah , model , moral , morality , morals , motive , movement , norm ,
norma , notion , nub , nucleus , nuts and bolts , occasion ,
order of nature , ordinance , pavement , philosophy , pith ,
point of view , postulate , precept , prescribed form , prescription ,
principium , principles , probity , proposition , quid , quiddity ,
quintessence , radical , reason , reason for being , regulation ,
riprap , rock bottom , rubric , rudiment , rudiments , rule , sake , sap ,
score , seat , self-evident truth , sentiment , set form ,
settled principle , sill , solid ground , solid rock , soul , source ,
spirit , spring , standard , standing order , stereobate , stimulus ,
stuff , stylobate , substance , substratum , substruction ,
substructure , teaching , tenet , terra firma , the nitty-gritty ,
theorem , theoretically , truism , truth , ulterior motive ,
underbuilding , undercarriage , undergirding , underpinning ,
understruction , understructure , universal law , universal truth ,
uprightness , usage , viewpoint , vocation , working principle ,
working rule


PRINCIPLES. By this term is understood truths or propositions so clear that they cannot be proved nor contradicted, unless by propositions which are still clearer. They are of two kinds, one when the principle is universal, and these are known as axioms or maxims; as, no one can transmit rights which he has not; the accessory follows the principal, &c. The other class are simply called first principles. These principles have known marks by which they may always be recognized. These are, 1. That they are so clear that they cannot be proved by anterior and more manifest truths. 2, That they are almost universally received. 3. That they are so strongly impressed on our minds that we conform ourselves to them, whatever may be our avowed opinions. 2. First principles have their source in the sentiment of our own existence, and that which is in the nature of things. A principle of law is a rule or axiom which is founded in the nature of the subject, and it exists before it is expressed in the form of a rule. Domat, Lois Civiles, liv. prel. t. 1, s. 2 Toull. tit. prel. n. 17. The right to defend one's self, continues as long as an unjust attack, was a principle before it was ever decides by a court, so that a court does Dot establish but recognize principles of law. 3. In physics, by principle is understood that which constitutes the essence of a body, or its constituent parts. 8 T. R. 107. See 2 H. Bl. 478. Taken in this sense, a principle cannot be patented; but when by the principle of a machine is meant the modus operandi, the peculiar device or manner of producing any given effect, the application of the principle may be patented. 1 Mason, 470; 1 Gallis, 478; Fessend. on Pat. 130; Phil. on Pat. 95, 101; Perpigna, Manuel des Inventeurs, &c., c. 2, s. 1.
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