tacit

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtæsɪt/

Adjective

tacit

1. Expressed in silence; implied, but not made explicit; silent.

   tacit consent : consent by silence, or by not raising an objection

   • 1983, Stanley Rosen, Plato’s Sophist: The Drama of Original & Image, page 62:

     He does this by way of a tacit reference to Homer.

   • 2004, Developing Democracy in Europe: An Analytical Summary (Lawrence Pratchett, ‎Vivien Lowndes; ISBN 9287155798:

     […] disengagement represents a tacit rejection of governing institutions and processes, especially among young people, […]

2. (logic) Not derived from formal principles of reasoning; based on induction rather than deduction.

Related terms

• taciturn
• taciturnity
• taciturnly

Translations

• French: tacite
• German: stillschweigend, still, impliziert, unausgesprochen, schweigend
• Portuguese: tácito
• Russian: молчали́вый
• Spanish: tácito, implícito

Translations

• German: stillschweigend, implizit
• Portuguese: indutivo

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