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    [Noun]  | "te*net" | \ ˈte-nət \


    1: a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true; especially : one held in common by members of an organization, movement, profession, etc.


    Origin: circa 1620 ;

     Borrowed from Latin, "(s/he) holds," 3rd person singular present tense of tenēre "to hold, possess" {mat|tenant:1|};

      * Note : Probably from the use of tenet in Latin texts as the opening verb in the statement of a principle or doctrine held by the person or body in question; cf. tenent (Latin, "they hold") used in the 16th to 18th centuries in the same sense.;

    [Noun]  | "tenets" 


    1: an idea that is very important to a group;


      * e.g., " ... the central tenets of a religion "



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    [Noun]  | "tenet" 


    1: an idea that is very important to a group;


      * e.g., " ... the central tenets of a religion "



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     [ "tenet" ]

    1: A movie inspired by Sator Square which is so hard to understand that you should watch it at least 3 times with subtitles. It is because the score is louder than the dialogues.

      * e.g.,  ... Timmy:- I can't understand TENET. 

     [ "Tenet" ]

    1: Tenet is a movie directed by the legendary Christopher Nolan about a CIA agent preventing what's essentially the end of the world. Critics seem to hate this movie because it requires you to think as you watch it.

      * e.g.,  ... Tenet is the best movie of 2020 

     [ "Tenet" ]

    1: a Christopher Nolan film about stuff going backwards.

      * e.g.,  ... Guy 1: That dude just ran backwards. 

     [ "9 ancestral tenets" ]

    1: Sarcastically used to refer to steroids. A reference to a fitness influencer named Liver King, who claimed to have achieved his physique 100% naturally by eating raw liver and following an ancestral lifestyle, when in reality he was taking over $10,000 of steroids per month.

      * e.g.,  ... CarnivoreDude37: "PUT THAT OATMEAL DOWN, YOU FUCKING PUSSIES!! YOU WEAKLINGS WILL NEVER BE AS STRONG AS ME, UNLESS YOU EAT ONLY BULL'S BALLS AND TAKE MY OFFICIAL CARNIVORE DUDE SUPPLEMENTS, NOW ONLY $1999!!" 

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