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tacit

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See also: tàcit and Tàcit

English

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Etymology

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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).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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tacit (comparative more tacit, superlative most tacit)

  1. Implied, but not made explicit, especially through silence.
    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, Lawrence Pratchett, Vivien Lowndes, editors, Developing Democracy in Europe: An Analytical Summary, →ISBN:
      [] 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.

Derived terms

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Translations

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Anagrams

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French tacite, from Latin tacitus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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tacit m or n (feminine singular tacită, masculine plural taciți, feminine and neuter plural tacite)

  1. unspoken

Declension

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singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite tacit tacită taciți tacite
definite tacitul tacita taciții tacitele
genitive-
dative
indefinite tacit tacite taciți tacite
definite tacitului tacitei taciților tacitelor

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