All 9 Uses of
principle
in
Catch-22
- As always occurred when he quarreled over principles in which he believed passionately, he would end up gasping furiously for air and blinking back bitter tears of conviction.†
Chpt 2
- There were many principles in which Clevinger believed passionately.†
Chpt 2 *
- It was the face of a man of hardened integrity who could no more consciously violate the moral principles on which his virtue rested than he could transform himself into a despicable toad.†
Chpt 7
- One of these moral principles was that it was never a sin to charge as much as the traffic would bear.†
Chpt 7
- Don't you have any principles?†
Chpt 23
- 'It's a matter of principle,' he explained firmly.†
Chpt 24
- He's going to give the medical profession a bad name by standing up for principle.†
Chpt 32
- You've got principles.†
Chpt 39
- You'd have to be a fool to throw it all away just for a moral principle, and you're not a fool.†
Chpt 40
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