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basic principle

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Noun1.basic principle - principles from which other truths can be derived; "first you must learn the fundamentals"; "let's get down to basics"
fundamental principle, fundamentals, basics, bedrock
principle - a basic truth or law or assumption; "the principles of democracy"
ABC, ABC's, ABCs, first principle, first rudiment, rudiment, alphabet - the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural); "he mastered only the rudiments of geometry"


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My decision on McGwire came down to this basic principle of the Hall of Fame selection process: We wait five years after a player's retirement to vote on his Cooperstown credentials because it's important to have as much context as possible for his career before committing.
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In spite of extensive training in the biological and chemical sciences, medical practitioners of Freudian psychoanalysis ignored the basic principle that any scientific explanation of natural phenomena, including human behavior, must be testable.
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