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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| principled | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| principles | /xx | Noun |
| in principle | x/xx | Phrase, Adverb |
| intransigent | x/xx | Adjective |
| uncompromising | x/xxx | Adjective |
| stubbornness | /xx | Noun |
| intransigence | x/xx | Noun |
| integrity | x/xx | Noun |
| refusal | x/x | Noun |
| obstinacy | /xxx | Noun |
| resolutely | /xxx | Adverb |
| refuse | x/ | Noun |
| unwillingness | x/xx | Noun |
| disobedience | xx/xx | Noun |
| abstain from | x/x | Phrase |
| fundamentally | xx/xx | Adverb |
| nonnegotiable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| abstain | x/ | Verb |
| disobey | xx/ | Verb |
| deal breaker | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| philosophically | xx/xxx | Adverb |
| oppose | x/ | Verb |
| boycotting | /xx | Noun |
| ideologically | xxx/xx | Adverb |
| disagree with | xx/x | Phrase, Verb |
| contrarian | x/xx | Noun |
| morals | /x | Noun |
| morality | x/xx | Noun |
| selfishness | /xx | Noun |
| unprincipled | x/xx | Adjective |
| disagree | xx/ | Verb |
| protestation | xx/x | Noun |
| rejecting | x/x | Verb |
| hold firm | // | Phrase, Verb |
| eschewing | x/x | Verb |
| prohibiting | x/xx | Verb |
| irrationality | xxx/xx | Noun |
| noninterference | xxx/x | Noun |
| conscientiously | xx/xx | Adverb |
| refraining | x/x | Verb |
| resisting | x/x | Verb |
| absolutist | xx/x | Noun |
| rationality | xx/xx | Noun |
| obstinate | /xx | Adjective |
| forbidding | x/x | Verb |
| abstention | x/x | Noun |
| stay out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| personally | /xxx | Adverb |
| righteousness | /xx | Noun |
| disagreement | xx/x | Noun |
| unyielding | x/x | Adjective |
| purist | /x | Noun |
| moral sense | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| irreconcilable | x/xxxx | Adjective |
| alpha | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| application | xx/x | Noun |
| approach | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| assumed | x/ | Adjective |
| assumption | x/x | Noun |
| auf | / | Noun |
| authoritative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| authority | x/xx | Noun |
| axiom | /xx | Noun |
| basic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| basically | /xx | Adverb |
| basis | /x | Noun |
| bedrock | /x | Noun, Verb |
| begin | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| belief | x/ | Noun |
| bottom | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| canto | /x | Noun |
| caveat emptor | /xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| centered | /x | Adjective |
| central | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| chapter | /x | Noun, Verb |
| chivalry | /xx | Noun |
| concept | /x | Noun, Verb |
| core | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| credo | /x | Noun |
| criterion | x/xx | Noun |
| dean | / | Noun, Verb |
| departure | x/x | Noun |
| desideratum | xx/xx | Noun |
| desirability | xxx/xx | Noun |
| dialectics | xx/x | Noun |
| dictate | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| dictum | /x | Noun |
| discourse | /x | Noun, Verb |
| doctrinal | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| doctrine | /x | Noun |
| dogma | /x | Noun |
| early | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| episcopal | x/xx | Name, Adjective |
| essence | /x | Noun |
| ethic | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| ethos | /x | Noun |
| expected | x/x | Adjective |
| fable | /x | Noun, Verb |
| fact | / | Noun |
| first | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| foundation | x/x | Noun |
| fund | / | Noun, Verb |
| gaze | / | Noun, Verb |
| general | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| genesis | /xx | Noun |
| genus | /x | Noun |
| guideline | /x | Noun |
| head | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| hellenism | /xxx | Name |
| high school | // | Phrase, Noun |
| idea | x/x | Noun |
| inception | x/x | Noun |
| ingredient | x/xx | Noun |
| initial | x/x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| key | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| law | / | Noun, Verb |
| leader | /x | Noun |
| lecture | /x | Noun, Verb |
| lesson | /x | Noun, Verb |
| letter | /x | Noun, Verb |
| line | / | Noun, Verb |
| logic | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| main | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| major | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| math | / | Noun, Verb |
| matter | /x | Noun, Verb |
| maxim | /x | Noun |
| motto | /x | Noun, Verb |
| nominally | /xxx | Adverb |
| norm | / | Noun, Verb |
| normally | /xx | Adverb |
| notion | /x | Noun |
| number | /x | Noun, Verb |
| objective | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| onset | /x | Noun, Verb |
| orientation | xxx/x | Noun |
| originally | x/xxx | Adverb |
| outset | /x | Noun, Verb |
| pace | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| pack | / | Noun, Verb |
| paradigm | /xx | Noun |
| philosophy | x/xx | Noun, Verb |
| pillar | /x | Noun, Verb |
| plate | / | Noun, Verb |
| pleasure principle | /x/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| point | / | Noun, Verb |
| policy | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| position | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| postulate | /xx | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| practice | /x | Noun, Verb |
| precept | /x | Noun, Verb |
| premise | /x | Noun, Verb |
| presumption | x/x | Noun |
| presupposition | xxx/x | Noun |
| primary | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| prince | / | Noun, Verb |
| principal | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| principe | x/x | Name |
| prohibition | xx/x | Noun |
| proposition | xx/x | Noun, Verb |
| provision | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| psalm | / | Noun, Verb |
| question | /x | Noun, Verb |
| rationale | xx/ | Noun |
| reason | /x | Noun, Verb |
| requirement | x/x | Noun |
| requisite | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| right | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| rule | / | Noun, Verb |
| sake | / | Noun |
| school | / | Noun, Verb |
| scratch | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| scruple | /x | Noun, Verb |
| slogan | /x | Noun |
| sonnet | /x | Noun, Verb |
| spirit | /x | Noun, Verb |
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| start | / | Verb, Noun, Adverb |
| substance | /x | Noun, Verb |
| tao | / | Name |
| teacher | /x | Noun |
| technically | /xxx | Adverb |
| tenet | /x | Noun |
| tentative | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| theme | / | Noun, Verb |
| theory | /x | Noun |
| top | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb |
| truth | / | Noun, Verb |
| understanding | xx/x | Noun, Adjective |
| value | /x | Noun, Verb |
| view | / | Noun, Verb |
| virtue | /x | Noun |
| vision | /x | Noun, Verb |
| xi | / | Noun |
