All 6 Uses of
principle
in
Animal Farm
- Several nights a week, after Mr. Jones was asleep, they held secret meetings in the barn and expounded the principles of Animalism to the others.
p. 16..7 *principles = basic rules or beliefs
- They explained that by their studies of the past three months the pigs had succeeded in reducing the principles of Animalism to Seven Commandments.
p. 24..4
- This, he said, contained the essential principle of Animalism.
p. 34..1principle = basic rule or belief
- The other farmers sympathised in principle, but they did not at first give him much help.
p. 37..9
- A too rigid equality in rations, Squealer explained, would have been contrary to the principles of Animalism.
p. 112..7principles = basic rules or beliefs
- None of them proved able to learn the alphabet beyond the letter B. They accepted everything that they were told about the Rebellion and the principles of Animalism, especially from Clover, for whom they had an almost filial respect; but it was doubtful whether they understood very much of it.
p. 128..7
Definition:
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(principle) a basic rule or beliefThe exact meaning of principle can depend upon its context. For example:
- "our guiding principles" -- basic moral beliefs that guide decisions and behavior
- "electromagnetic principles" -- rules describing how the world works
- "She lacks principles." -- lacks moral guidelines
- "We agree in principle." -- about important basic beliefs