Both Uses of
tenet
in
1984 by Orwell
- The citizen of Oceania is not allowed to know anything of the tenets of the other two philosophies, but he is taught to execrate them as barbarous outrages upon morality and common sense.†
p. 197..0 *
- The mutability of the past is the central tenet of Ingsoc.†
p. 213..6
Definition:
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(tenet) an important belief that is part of a larger framework of beliefs