tacit

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtæsɪt/

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• Rhymes: -æsɪt

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

Derived terms

• tacitly
• tacitness

Related terms

• taciturn
• taciturnity
• taciturnly

Translations

Done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent

• Catalan: tàcit (ca)
• Dutch: stilzwijgend (nl), non-verbaal (nl)
• Finnish: äänetön (fi), hiljainen (fi)
• French: tacite (fr)
• German: stillschweigend (de)

• Macedonian: премолчен (mk) (prémolčen) m, преќутен (mk) (préḱuten) m
• Persian: ضمنی (fa) (zemni)
• Polish: cichy (pl) m, milczący (pl) m
• Portuguese: tácito (pt)
• Spanish: tácito (es), implícito (es)
• Swedish: tyst (sv), underförstådd (sv)

Not derived from formal principles of reasoning

• German: stillschweigend (de)

• Portuguese: indutivo (pt)

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• Estonian: vaikiv, sõnamatu, väljendamatu

External links

• tacit in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• tacit in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• tacit at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• attic, Attic