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precept
Overview of noun precept
The noun precept has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. principle, precept -- (rule of personal conduct)
2. teaching, precept, commandment -- (a doctrine that is taught; "the teachings of religion"; "he believed all the Christian precepts")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun precept
2 senses of precept
Sense 1
principle, precept
=> rule, prescript
=> direction, instruction
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
teaching, precept, commandment
=> doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism
=> belief
=> content, cognitive content, mental object
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun precept
2 senses of precept
Sense 1
principle, precept
=> higher law
=> moral principle
=> hypothetical imperative
=> caveat emptor
Sense 2
teaching, precept, commandment
=> Golden Rule
=> mitzvah, mitsvah
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun precept
2 senses of precept
Sense 1
principle, precept
=> rule, prescript
Sense 2
teaching, precept, commandment
=> doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism
Antonyms of noun precept
Member Holonyms of noun precept
Substance Holonyms of noun precept
Part Holonyms of noun precept
1 of 2 senses of precept
Sense 1
principle, precept
PART OF: ethic, ethical code
Member Meronyms of noun precept
Substance Meronyms of noun precept
Part Meronyms of noun precept
Meronyms of noun precept
Holonyms of noun precept
1 of 2 senses of precept
Sense 1
principle, precept
PART OF: ethic, ethical code
Attributes of noun precept
Derived Forms of noun precept
Domain of noun precept
Domain Terms of noun precept
Familiarity of noun precept
precept used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun precept
2 senses of precept
Sense 1
principle, precept
> rule, prescript
=> bylaw, bye law
=> rubric
=> order, rules of order, parliamentary law, parliamentary procedure
=> rule of evidence
=> Miranda rule
=> principle, precept
=> golden rule
=> GIGO
=> dictate
=> regulation, ordinance
=> canon
=> etiquette
=> protocol, communications protocol
Sense 2
teaching, precept, commandment
> doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism
=> nuclear deterrence
=> Kabbalism, Cabalism
=> abolitionism
=> absolutism
=> amoralism
=> animalism
=> animism
=> antiestablishmentarianism, antiestablishmentism
=> asceticism
=> creationism
=> creed, credo
=> divine right, divine right of kings
=> dogma
=> dualism
=> dynamism
=> epicureanism
=> establishmentarianism, establishmentism
=> ethicism
=> expansionism
=> formalism
=> functionalism
=> Girondism
=> gospel
=> gymnosophy
=> imitation
=> individualism, laissez faire
=> internationalism
=> unilateralism
=> irredentism, irridentism
=> literalism
=> majority rule, democracy
=> monism
=> multiculturalism
=> nationalism
=> nationalism
=> nihilism
=> pacifism, pacificism, passivism
=> pluralism
=> populism
=> presentism
=> rationalism, freethinking
=> reformism
=> humanism, secular humanism
=> humanitarianism, humanism
=> egalitarianism, equalitarianism
=> feminism
=> reincarnationism
=> secessionism
=> secularism
=> phenomenology
=> philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory
=> states' rights
=> teaching, precept, commandment
=> theological doctrine
=> utilitarianism
=> descriptivism
=> descriptivism
=> prescriptivism
=> prescriptivism
=> religious doctrine, church doctrine, gospel, creed
=> millennium
Meronyms of noun precept
2 senses of precept
Holonyms of noun precept
1 of 2 senses of precept
Sense 1
principle, precept
PART OF: ethic, ethical code
Grep of noun precept
precept
preceptor
preceptorship
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