fundamental principle

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   principles from which other truths can be derived

   “first you must learn the fundamentals”

   “let's get down to basics”

   Synonymsfundamentalsbasicsbasic principlebedrock

   Broaderprinciple

   Narrowerrudiments

Questions about fundamental principle

What does fundamental principle mean?

fundamental principle means "principles from which other truths can be derived".

What is another word for fundamental principle?

Close synonyms include fundamentals, basics, basic principle, bedrock. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fundamental principle a common word?

fundamental principle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.