Prime-directive Definition
noun
An order or mission which presents the overriding control over a course of action.
1955: René Albrecht-Carrié, Europe After 1815, p. 32.
1946: University of Iowa/University of Chicago, The Journal of General Education, p. 160.
Such probes would not invalidate the prime directive that a work of art must stand upon its intrinisic artistic merits.
1902: University of Michigan Law School, Michigan Law Review p. 1949.
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Noun
Singular:
prime-directive
Plural:
prime-directives
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