Is my understanding of "tacit" correct?
Definition of tacit?
Source: Merriam Webster Dictionary
1: expressed or carried on without words or speech
the blush was a tacit answer— Bram Stoker
2: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/imply or indicated (as by an act or by silence) but not actually expressed
It seems to me that both meanings of this word carry a connotation of being silent or not being expressed directly. However, the first sense implies that something is being done or carried out simply without words – that a task or endeavor is being done quietly. Whereas the second sense infers that someone or something is expressing a message, meaning, or intent through the use of "leaving breadcrumbs" for the audience. In this 2nd meaning, the subject is expressing a message without directly stating the intent of the message via words – it is the job of the audience or close personal contacts to take the clues and piece together the message.
Is my analysis incorrect?
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xbladefate25 Is my analysis incorrect? It's not bad. It's hard to speak of words in a general weay out of the context they are used in.
- xbladefate25 Is my analysis incorrect?
- It's not bad.
- It's hard to speak of words in a general weay out of the context they are used in.
- Tacit approval can be conveyed by simply not objecting, by doing nothing.
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xbladefate25Is my analysis incorrect?
It's not bad. It's hard to speak of words in a general weay out of the context they are used in. Tacit approval can be conveyed by simply not objecting, by doing nothing.
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