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You appear to be confusing the former for the latter - "tenet" vs "primary". I believe "principle" is the right word here...YMMV prin·ci·ple [prin-suh-puhl] Show IPA noun 1. an accepted or professed rule of action or conduct: a person of good moral principles. 2. a fundamental, primary, or general law or truth from which others are derived: the principles of modern physics. 3. a fundamental doctrine or tenet; a distinctive ruling opinion: the principles of the Stoics. 4. principles, a personal or specific basis of conduct or management: to adhere to one's principles; a kindergarten run on modern principles. 5. guiding sense of the requirements and obligations of right conduct: a person of principle. prin·ci·pal [prin-suh-puhl] Show IPA adjective 1. first or highest in rank, importance, value, etc.; chief; foremost. 2. of, of the nature of, or constituting principal or capital: a principal investment. 3. Geometry . (of an axis of a conic) passing through the foci.