GOLDEN RULE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Golden Rule mean? 

• GOLDEN RULE (noun)
  The noun GOLDEN RULE has 2 senses:

1. any important rule

2. a command based on Jesus' words in the Sermon on the Mount

  Familiarity information: GOLDEN RULE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GOLDEN RULE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any important rule

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

the golden rule of teaching is to be clear

Hypernyms ("golden rule" is a kind of...):

prescript; rule (prescribed guide for conduct or action)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A command based on Jesus' words in the Sermon on the Mount

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Context example:

Whatsoever ye would that men do unto you, do you even so unto them

Hypernyms ("Golden Rule" is a kind of...):

commandment; precept; teaching (a doctrine that is taught)