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Vinony

implicitness

noun

  1. property of information that is not expressed, specified, or detailed, but must be gleaned from context and other assumptions
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noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English implicit Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English implicitness From implicit + -ness.

  1. The state or quality of being implicit.

    “He heard me calmly; and as calmly promised to further our attachment. The implicitness of my reliance stayed not to ask his sympathy. To talk of her was happiness, and my brother seemed a part of that home whither he was then returning.”