implicit
adjective
implied, rather than expressly stated.
implicitness
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a word derived from
implicit.
Example Sentences
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In Logic there was thought, but in its implicitness, and as reason develops itself in this distinction-lacking medium.
From Hegel's Philosophy of Mind by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
In proportion to the implicitness with which we rely upon divine aid, should be the diligence with which we use all the human means within our reach.
From In the School-Room Chapters in the Philosophy of Education by John S. (John Seely) Hart
The implicitness with which example is followed is subject to considerable variations, for I am inclined to think that the lower the moral position the greater the aptitude for imitation is displayed.
From Gathering Jewels The Secret of a Beautiful Life: In Memoriam of Mr. & Mrs. James Knowles. Selected from Their Diaries. by Duncan McNeill Young
His directors, most of them his contemporaries and whose insurance knowledge was limited to what they had learned on the Guardian directorate, trusted and believed in him with absolute implicitness.
From White Ashes by Sidney R. (Sidney Robinson) Kennedy
His affection was proved to have been sincere, and his conduct cleared of all blame, unless any could attach to the implicitness of his confidence in his friend.
From Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
