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1Fundamental articles (theology) — Fundamental articles was a term employed by early Protestant theologians, who wished to distinguish some essential parts of the Christian faith from non essential doctrines. There were then a number of reasons for establishing such a distinction …
2Fundamental Articles — • This term was employed by Protestant theologians to distinguish the essential parts of the Christian faith from those non essential doctrines, which, as they believed, individual churches might accept or reject without forfeiting their claim to …
3fundamental — adj 1 Fundamental, basic, basal, underlying, radical are comparable when they mean forming or affecting the groundwork, roots, or lowest part of something. Fundamental is used chiefly in reference to immaterial things or to abstractions, whether… …
4distinction — noun 1 clear difference ADJECTIVE ▪ critical, crucial, important, key, main, major, vital ▪ basic, essential …
5fundamental — fun|da|men|tal W2S2 [ˌfʌndəˈmentl] adj [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: fundament basic part (13 21 centuries), from Latin fundus; FUND1] 1.) relating to the most basic and important parts of something ▪ We have to tackle the fundamental cause of the… …
6Distinction (philosophy) — For Pierre Bourdieu s book, Distinction, see La distinction. Distinction, the fundamental philosophical abstraction, involves the recognition of difference. Cybernetics deals with the rational paradox of self reference by distinguishing it from… …
7fundamental — adj. VERBS ▪ be, seem ▪ remain ▪ consider sth, regard sth as ▪ We consider these rights fundamental to democracy. ADVERB …
8Genotype-phenotype distinction — The genotype phenotype distinction is drawn in genetics. Genotype is an organism s full hereditary information, even if not expressed. Phenotype is an organism s actual observed properties, such as morphology, development, or behavior. This… …
9sacred versus profane distinction — sacred, sacred versus profane distinction For Émile Durkheim and all subsequent sociologists of religion , the recognition of the absolute nature of the distinction between these two terms was and has been fundamental to their sub discipline,… …
10use/mention distinction — The distinction between using a word, such as ‘cat’, to talk about cats, and mentioning the word, as one would if pointing out that ‘cat’ has three letters. The distinction becomes important when the possibility of mistaking use and mention… …
