Directive
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
Directive and principle are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Directive" instead a noun "Principle".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- order and directive
- order and principle
- dictate and directive
- dictate and principle
- instruction and directive
- instruction and principle
- regulation and directive
- regulation and principle
- ordinance and directive
- ordinance and principle
- rule and directive
- rule and principle
- law and directive
- law and principle
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- Not the apocalypse, per se, but the same principle applies to the Star Trek: Voyager episode "The Omega Directive".
- Also, the Prime Directive started off as something like a principle of anthropological objectivity: How do you study a culture in its natural state?
Source: Continuity Drift - In Next Generation, the more by-the-book Picard gave the Directive an upgrade from a guideline to an important principle, and often agonized over violating it, but he still usually put it aside and did the right thing when the situation called for it.
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