Basis
Principle
Principle noun - A basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct.
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Synonyms for Principle
Basis is a synonym for principle in assumption topic. You can use "Basis" instead a noun "Principle", if it concerns topics such as rule, law, element, basics. popular alternative
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Lewis's The Great Divorce, many of the damned reject Heaven on the basis of some principle or another.
Source: It's the Principle of the Thing - This simple principle is the basis for pretty much all advanced technology in the galaxy.
- The same principle was the basis for the New Zealand After the End kids drama The Tribe
Source: Never Land
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