Related Words for foundational

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Word	Syllables	Categories
fundamental	xx/x	Adjective, Adjective
basic	/x	Adjective
essential	x/x	Adjective
core	/	Noun
underpinning	/xxx	Noun
overarching	/xxx	Adjective
bedrock	/x	Noun
critical	/xx	Adjective
cornerstone	/xx	Noun
vital	/x	Adjective
underlying	xx/x	Adjective
conceptual	x/xx	Adjective
evidentiary	xx/xxx	Noun
principles	/xx	Noun
crucial	/x	Adjective
axiomatic	xxx/x	Adjective
tenets	/x	Noun
underpinnings	/xxx	Noun
biblical	/xx	Noun
substantive	/xx	Adjective
paradigmatic	/xx/x	Adjective
theological	xx/xx	Noun
theoretical	xx/xx	Adjective
seminal	/xx	Adjective
structural	/xx	Adjective
linchpin	/x	Noun
empirical	x/xx	Adjective
pivotal	/xx	Adjective
definitional	xx/xx	Adjective
doctrinal	/xx	Adjective
solid	/x	Adjective
important	x/x	Adjective
organizational	xxx/xx	Adjective
scriptural	/xx	Adjective
groundwork	/x	Noun
ontological	xx/xx	Adjective
pillars	/x	Noun
philosophical	xx/xx	Noun
methodological	xxx/xx	Adjective
touchstone	/x	Noun
prerequisite	x/xx	Noun
transformational	xx/xx	Noun
integral	/xx	Noun
relational	x/xx	Adjective
major	/x	Adjective
moral	/x	Adjective
grounding	/x	Noun
concepts	/x	Noun
historical	x/xx	Noun
theoretic	xx/x	Adjective
jurisprudential	xxx/x	Adjective
contextual	x/xx	Adjective
normative	/xx	Adjective
exegetical	/x/xx	Noun
emergent	x/x	Adjective
pedagogical	xx/xx	Adjective
framework	/x	Noun
experiential	xxx/x	Adjective
transformative	x/xx	Adjective
constitutional	xx/xx	Noun
irrefutable	xx/xx	Adjective
constitutive	/xxx	Adjective
scientific	xx/x	Noun
unshakable	x/xx	Adjective
definitive	x/xx	Adjective
truths	/	Noun
indispensable	xx/xx	Adjective
spiritual	/xxx	Adjective
intrinsic	x/x	Adjective
timeless	/x	Adjective
understanding	xx/x	Noun
practical	/xx	Adjective
philosophic	xx/x	Noun
primary	/xx	Adjective
formative	/xx	Adjective
hermeneutical	x//xx	Adjective
evidential	xx/x	Adjective
justificatory	xxxxxx	Adjective
capstone	/x	Noun
correlative	/xxx	Adjective
common	/x	Adjective
epistemological	/xxx/xx	Adjective
institutional	xx/xx	Adjective
basal	/x	Noun
geotechnical	xx/xx	Name
elementary	xx/x	Noun
rudimentary	xx/xx	Adjective
formal	/x	Adjective
infrastructural	xx/xx	Adjective
skeletal	/xx	Adjective
causal	/x	Adjective
tectonic	x/x	Noun
funerary	/xxx	Adjective
positional	x/xx	Adjective
architectonic	xx//x	Adjective
parental	x/x	Adjective
basolateral	/x/xx	Noun
constructive	x/x	Adjective
transitional	x/xx	Adjective
depositional	xx/xx	Noun
constructional	x/xx	Adjective
genealogical	xx/xxx	Name
geologic	xx/x	Adjective
contributory	x/xxx	Adjective
terminological	/xx/xx	Adjective
philanthropic	xx/x	Adjective
topographic	xx/x	Adjective
typological	xx/xx	Adjective
extensional	x/xx	Adjective
postural	/xx	Adjective
derivational	xx/xx	Adjective
propositional	xx/xx	Adjective
pneumatology	/x/xx	Noun
consequentialism	xx/xxx	Noun
fictions	/x	Noun
ontologies	x/xx	Noun
ontology	x/xx	Noun
axioms	/xx	Noun
fantasy	/xx	Noun
myths	/	Noun
christology	x/xx	Noun
ism	/x	Noun
sacrament	/xx	Noun
premise	/x	Noun
egoism	/xxx	Noun
networking	/xx	Noun
trope	x	Noun
beliefs	x/	Noun
aetiological	/xx/xx	Adjective
axiological	/xx/xx	Adjective
base	/	Noun, Verb, Adjective
basis	/x	Noun
cosmological	/x/xx	Adjective
ecclesiological	xxxx/xx	Adjective
etiological	xxx/xx	Adjective
founding	/x	Noun, Adjective
general	/xx	Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
human	/x	Adjective, Noun, Verb
juristic	/xx	Adjective
key	/	Adjective, Noun, Verb
metaphysical	xx/xx	Adjective
sociological	xxx/xx	Adjective
soteriological	x/xx/xx	Adjective
expression	x/x	Noun
idiomatic	xxx/x	Adjective, Noun
literally	/xxx	Adverb
collocation	xx/x	Noun
cluster	/x	Noun, Verb
chunk	/	Noun, Verb
milestone	/x	Noun, Verb
vernacular	x/xx	Noun, Adjective
standard	/x	Adjective, Noun
dialect	/xx	Noun
sorta	/x	Adverb
headlines	/x	Noun
tell	/	Verb, Noun
no	/	Noun, Adverb, Adjective
anymore	xx/	Adverb