Dictionary

tacit en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /ˈtæsɪt/

Etymology

Borrowed from late Middle French tacite, or from Latin tacitus (“that is passed over in silence, done without words, assumed as a matter of course, silent”), from tacere (“to be silent”).

Meanings

1. Implied, but not made explicit, especially through silence.
   • Our tacit treaty with Miss Maudie was that we could play on her lawn, eat her scuppernongs if we didn’t jump on the arbor, and explore her vast back lot, 1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC:
   • tacit consent
   • […] disengagement represents a tacit rejection of governing institutions and processes, especially among young people, […] 2004, Lawrence Pratchett, Vivien Lowndes, editors, Developing Democracy in Europe: An Analytical Summary, →ISBN:
   • He does this by way of a tacit reference to Homer. 1983, Stanley Rosen, Plato’s Sophist: The Drama of Original & Image, page 62:
2. Not derived from formal principles of reasoning; based on induction rather than deduction.

Forms

Deriveds

tacit collusion · tacit programming · tacitness · tacitly

Relateds

taciturnly · taciturnity · tacet · tacenda · taciturn

Translations (50)

ga tostach (done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent) · hy ենթադրվող (done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent) · fi äänetön (done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent) · de impliziert (done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent) · mk премолчен (done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent) · el σιωπηρός (done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent) · de implizit (not derived from formal principles of reasoning) · nb implisitt (not derived from formal principles of reasoning) · de stillschweigend (not derived from formal principles of reasoning) · ca tàcit (done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent) · es tácito (done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent) · nl non-verbaal (done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent) · nl stilzwijgend (done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent) · bg мълчали́в (done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent) · sv underförstådd (done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent) · uk мовчазни́й (done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent) · de unausgesprochen (done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent) · hy լուռ (done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent) · pl domyślny (not derived from formal principles of reasoning) · hu hallgatólagos (done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent) · uk мовчазли́вий (done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent) · pt indutivo (not derived from formal principles of reasoning) · es implícito (done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent) · ru молчали́вый (done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent) · ru непи́саный (done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent) · cs mlčenlivý (done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent) · fa ضمنی (done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent) · ru подразумева́емый (done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent) · fr tacite (done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent) · pl niejawny (not derived from formal principles of reasoning) · hy անխոս (done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent) · de stillschweigend (done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent) · mk преќутен (done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent) · sv tyst (done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent) · de still (done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent) · de schweigend (done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent) · ka მდუმარე (done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent) · nb stilltiende (done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent) · la tacitus (done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent) · ka ნაგულისხმევი (done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent) · ar ضِمْنَيّ (done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent) · pl cichy (done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent) · bg подразби́ращ се (not derived from formal principles of reasoning) · pl milczący (done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent) · pt tácito (done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent) · ru негла́сный (done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent) · sv outtalad (done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent) · fi hiljainen (done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent) · be маўклі́вы (done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent) · ru не вы́раженный слова́ми (done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent)