verities
Things universally acknowledged
Verities are fundamental truths or principles, especially enduring ones that transcend particular circumstances: the eternal verities of love and death, the basic verities of human existence.
The word carries a formal, sometimes philosophical tone, suggesting truths so established they need no argument.
Singular: verity.
Accepted starting principles
- certaintiesAssured truths
- factsVerifiable pieces of truth
- givensAccepted starting truths
- absolutesUnconditional, unqualified things
fundamentals · universals · constants · maxims · self-evident truths · eternal truths · home truths · timeless truths
Foundational beliefs of doctrine
- preceptsRules of conduct
- doctrinesCodified belief systems
- canonsEstablished authoritative standards
- dictumsFormal authoritative statements
ethics · morals · standards · ideals · convictions · philosophies · guidelines · rules
State of being real
- actualityState of existing fact
- certaintyTotal absence of doubt
- concretenessQuality of being solid
- tangibilityQuality of being touchable
materiality · empiricism · phenomena · objectivity · substance · realness · plain facts
Trust without proof
- creedStatement of belief
- theologyStudy of the divine
- spiritualityConnection to the sacred
- convictionFirmly held belief
ideology · mythology · worship · piety · sacredness · dogma · spiritual truths · traditional beliefs
axioms
Accepted starting principles
- certaintiesAssured truths
- factsVerifiable pieces of truth
- givensAccepted starting truths
absolutes · fundamentals · universals · constants · maxims · self-evident truths · eternal truths · home truths · timeless truths
tenets
Foundational beliefs of doctrine
dictums · ethics · morals · standards · ideals · convictions · philosophies · guidelines · rules · norms
existence
State of being real
- actualityState of existing fact
- certaintyTotal absence of doubt
- concretenessQuality of being solid
tangibility · materiality · empiricism · phenomena · objectivity · substance · realness · plain facts
faith
Trust without proof
- creedStatement of belief
- theologyStudy of the divine
- spiritualityConnection to the sacred
conviction · ideology · mythology · worship · piety · sacredness · dogma · spiritual truths · traditional beliefs
- truthstruth, truths, facts, fact, reality
- requirementsrequirement, requirements, prerequisite, requisite, requisites
veritiesfalsehoods
Deliberate untruths
falsities · lies · untruths · fabrications · fictions
veritiessuppositions
Unverified beliefs or guesses
speculations · conjectures · hypotheses · guesses · hunches