| Main Entry: |
basis |
| Part of Speech: |
noun |
| Definition: |
foundation for belief, action |
Synonyms: |
antecedent,
assumption,
authority,
axiom,
backbone,
background, backing,
base, bedrock,
cause,
center, chief ingredient,
core,
crux,
data,
dictum,
essence,
essential,
evidence,
explanation, footing,
fundamental, hard fact,
heart,
infrastructure,
justification, keynote,
keystone,
law,
nexus,
nucleus,
postulate,
premise,
presumption, presupposition, principal element,
principle,
proof,
reason,
root, rudiment,
sanction,
security,
source, substratum,
support, theorem,
theory, underpinning,
warrant
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