implicit
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6.3
- adjective
- /ɪmˈplɪsɪt/
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incondicional
- The President's actions violated the public trust and the implicit contract between leaders and citizens.
- implicit faith
- implicit threat
- implicit contract
Examples
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The consumption of the meal—or the refusal to consume it—constitutes an implicit acceptance or rejection of those differences.
Academic text (1999) -
So that means big firms have an implicit government guarantee.
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I grant that such a commitment is an implicit act of faith.
Academic text (2008) -
But of course, beyond that, loyalty to the community at large is implicit in all of that.
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I know the depressed classes have implicit faith in my work.
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I have implicit trust in you to keep this under wraps.
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Alternatively, it may be taken as a signal of the great optimism implicit in the RMI estimates.
Academic text (1992) -
The moral, political, and legal vision implicit in the Declaration of Independence is closer to the anarchy end of that continuum.
Academic text (2018) -
Further, cross-strait cooperation received implicit endorsement from Beijing.
Academic text (2014) -
I have implicit trust in you to handle the project responsibly.
Synonyms
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4.7
Accepting what someone says without any doubt
How Trusting
Surface Forms
Morphology
implicit = imply (semi-transparent) = im + plic
The adjective is historically related to 'imply'/'implied', but the collocational sense 'implicit trust' meaning 'complete, unquestioning' is a somewhat extended, pragmatic meaning not fully derivable from the base verb.
Etymology
The word implicit comes from the Latin parts in- 'in' and plicare 'to fold'. So something implicit is like 'folded in' or inside, which is why implicit confidence means trust that feels built-in and complete without doubt.