tacit

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English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) tacitus < (deprecated template usage) tacere.

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "/ˈtæsɪt/" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "en-us-tacit.ogg" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "æsɪt" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.

Adjective

tacit (comparative more tacit, superlative most tacit)

  1. Done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent; as, tacit consent is consent by silence, or by not interposing an objection.
    • 1983. ROSEN, Stanley. Plato’s Sophist: The Drama of Original & Image. South Bend, Indiana, USA: St. Augustine’s Press. p. 62.
      He does this by way of a tacit reference to Homer
  2. Template:logic Not derived from formal principles of reasoning; based on induction rather than deduction.

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