Complete Definition of "tacit"

English

Pronunciation
IPA|/�tæsɪt/
audio|en-us-tacit.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|æsɪt

Adjective
en-adj

  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

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

Derived terms
taciturn, taciturnity, taciturnly

Translations
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trans-top|Done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent
Finnish: äänetön, hiljainen
German: stillschweigend
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Portuguese: t|pt|tácito
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trans-top|Not derived from formal principles of reasoning
German: stillschweigend
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Portuguese: t|pt|indutivo
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ttbc|Estonian: vaikiv, sõnamatu, väljendamatu
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