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Synonyms for precept
ˈpri sɛptpre·cept
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
precept
Doctrine primarily signifies that which is taught; principle, the fundamental basis on which the teaching rests. A doctrine is reasoned out, and may be defended by reasoning; a dogma rests on authority, as of direct revelation, the decision of the church, etc. A doctrine or dogma is a statement of some one item of belief; a creed is a summary of doctrines or dogmas. Dogma has commonly, at the present day, an offensive signification, as of a belief arrogantly asserted. Tenet is simply that which is held, and is applied to a single item of belief; it is a neutral word, neither approving nor condemning; we speak of the doctrines of our own church; of the tenets of others. A precept relates not to belief, but to conduct. Compare FAITH; LAW.
Synonyms:
article of belief, article of faith, belief, doctrine, dogma, principle, teaching, tenet
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
precept
Synonyms:
rule, maxim, injunction, commandment, doctrine, direction, law, mandate, principle, instruction, command, orderAntonyms:
suggestion, prompting, instigation, impulse
Princeton's WordNet
principle, preceptnoun
rule of personal conduct
Synonyms:
rationale, commandment, principle, teaching, ruleteaching, precept, commandmentnoun
a doctrine that is taught
"the teachings of religion"; "he believed all the Christian precepts"
Synonyms:
principle, didactics, teaching, educational activity, education, pedagogy, instruction, commandment
Editors Contribution
regulation
regulation is like a rule.
a rule of order having the force of law, prescribed by a superior or competent authority, relating to the actions of those under the authority's control.
Submitted by rinat on December 2, 2015
Dictionary of English Synonymes
preceptnoun
Synonyms:
command, injunction, order, mandate, edict, commandment, behest, dictate, decree, law, ordinance, ordination, regulation, canonpreceptnoun
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
preceptnoun
Synonyms:
commandment, maxim, rule, adage, behest, injunction
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "precept":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#173 | order | |
#242 | education | |
#332 | law | |
#1362 | command | |
#1419 | rule | |
#1448 | teaching | |
#2372 | direction | |
#3075 | instruction | |
#4225 | principle | |
#5376 | belief | |
#8637 | doctrine | |
#9882 | mandate | |
#11652 | rationale | |
#11902 | maxim | |
#19669 | injunction | |
#23023 | pedagogy | |
#26062 | dogma | |
#28211 | commandment | |
#29233 | tenet | |
#40342 | precept | |
#58263 | dictum | |
#114092 | didactics |
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It is by imitation, far more than by precept, that we learn everything; and what we learn thus, we acquire not only more efficiently, but more pleasantly. This forms our manners, our opinions, our lives.
It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success they much oftener succeed through failures. Precept, study, advice, and example could never have taught them so well as failure has done.
What I try to do is demonstrate by precept and example how we are to proceed as a party, when I spoke out against sloganeering, like ‘ burn, baby, burn ’ in the 1960s and ‘ defund the police,' which I think is cutting the throats of the party, I know exactly where my constituents are. They are against that, and I ’m against that. The House majority whip, who has repeatedly voiced concerns against calls to reduce police funding, made similar comments in November when he told Axios that Democrats struggled in the 2020 elections.
It is, I fear, but a vain show of fulfilling the heathen precept, Know thyself, and too often leads to a self-estimate which will subsist in the absence of that fruit by which alone the quality of the tree is made evident.
A good example is far better than a good precept.
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