Tacit

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtæsɪt/
• Rhymes: -æsɪt

Origin

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

Full definition of tacit

Adjective

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

Anagrams

• attic, Attic