tenet

n.
An opinion, doctrine, or principle held as being true by a person or especially by an organization. See synonyms at doctrine.

[Probably from Medieval Latin, from Latin, third person sing. present indicative of tenēre, to hold.]

noun

A principle taught or advanced for belief, as by a religious or philosophical group: doctrine, dogma, teaching. See belief/unbelief.

IN BRIEF: Any opinion, principle, dogma, or doctrine that a person believes or maintains as true.

If there is such a thing as a science in sport, hitting a baseball is it. As with any science, there are fundamentals, certain tenets of hitting every good batter or batting coach could tell you. But it is not an exact science. — Ted Williams ( 1918-2002)

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - grundsætning, princip, læresætning

Nederlands (Dutch)
(basis)principe

Français (French)
n. - (Philos, Pol, Relig) dogme, (gén) principe

Deutsch (German)
n. - Grundsatz, Dogma

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - δόγμα, αρχή, αξίωμα

Italiano (Italian)
dogma, principio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - dogma (m), princípio (m), credo (m)

Русский (Russian)
тезис, догмат, принцип, убеждение

Español (Spanish)
n. - principio, dogma

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - grundsats, lära, lärosats

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
教义, 原则, 宗旨

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 教義, 原則, 宗旨

한국어 (Korean)
n. - (신봉하는) 주의, ~교의

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 主義, 信条, 教義

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) عقيدة, معتقد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮עיקר, אמונה, דוקטרינה‬

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