Tacit

Word TACIT
Character 5
Hyphenation tac it
Pronunciations /ˈtæsɪt/

Definitions and meanings of "Tacit"

What do we mean by tacit?

Not spoken. adjective

Implied by or inferred from actions or statements. adjective

Not speaking; silent. adjective

Silent; quiescent; giving out no sound.

Silently indicated or implied; understood from conditions or circumstances; inferred or inferable; expressed otherwise than by speech; indirectly manifested or communicated; wordless.

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

Done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent; as, tacit consent is consent by silence, or by not interposing an objection. adjective

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

Implied by or inferred from actions or statements adjective

Expressed in silence; implied, but not made explicit; silent.

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

Synonyms and Antonyms for Tacit

The word "tacit" in example sentences

The following is a decisive, though what we call a tacit reference to ❋ William Paley (1774)

Consequently, both sides have exhibited considerable restraint and have chosen to eschew horizontal escalation and not to violate certain tacit thresholds. ❋ Russ Wellen (2010)

Destabilizing Iran goads Pakistan into the conflict (or their intelligence agency, anyway), would shift several of the ex-Soviet Central Asian republics closer to Russia and in tacit support of Iran, may cause Turkey to leave NATO, will lead to Lebanon and Syria launching an invasion of Israel … ❋ Unknown (2010)

A dying LBJ retired to Texas and let his hair grow long, some say in tacit allegiance to the anti-war protesters who once marched outside his White House. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The firm, in tacit collaboration with the other firms in the industry, has wholly sufficient power to set and maintain minimum prices. ❋ James Grant (2010)

Are they all just sitting on their hands in tacit alliance with the Jihadist ideas? ❋ Unknown (2010)

Nevertheless, there was a certain tacit understanding, without any obligation, a certain tacit understanding, that the probability was that if war broke out we would all find ourselves in it together, and it followed from that that we were prepared in times of peace to get together and try to coordinate our actions. ❋ Unknown (1953)

As I mentioned before, I’m not just a youngest child, accustomed to being bossed around, but I’m a stubborn one who learned early on to nod my head in tacit agreement and then just go do what I wanted. ❋ Kateelliott (2008)

It is, in other words, a tacit response to the fact that many of the shouts against you involve discussions of popularity. ❋ Unknown (2008)

We must call the tacit approval of these representatives into question. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Mr. Gardner even holds in high regard the philosopher and scientist Michael Polanyi (1891-1976), revered in conservative intellectual circles, who explored the notion of tacit knowledge, or what Nobel economist Vernon Smith calls the difference between knowing what and knowing how. ❋ Unknown (2008)

An important objection to the idea of tacit consent is that it begs the question about how a state gets its authority. ❋ Christiano, Tom (2004)

Locke, in part desiring to avoid these obvious difficulties or irrational and immoral failures of consent, introduced the notion of tacit consent (Locke 1990). ❋ Christiano, Tom (2004)

This consists of the notion of tacit consent, in which all people dwelling within the state are assumed, merely by their continued residence within its bounda - ries, to consent to the laws that have been made. ❋ MICHAEL LEVIN (1968)

Collusion which is not overt, on the other hand, is known as tacit collusion. ❋ Unknown (2010)

: The Democratic and Republican parties both earned dubious Jefferson Muzzle Awards today for what a free-speech watchdog described as tacit compliance with restrictions on where protesters could demonstrate during their national conventions over the summer.

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