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語源

From Middle French implicite, from Latin implicitus, past participle of implico (“to infold, involve, entangle”); see implicate.

発音

• IPA: /ɪmˈplɪsɪt/
• (Indic) IPA: /ˈɪmplɨsɪʈ/
• 韻: -ɪsɪt

形容詞

implicit (not comparable)

1. Suggested indirectly, without being directly expressed.

   Poets often leave behind an implicit message within their words.

   • 1983, Ronald Reagan, Proclamation 5018:

     The Bible and its teachings helped form the basis for the Founding Fathers' abiding belief in the inalienable rights of the individual, rights which they found implicit in the Bible's teachings of the inherent worth and dignity of each individual.

2. Contained in the essential nature of something but not openly shown.
3. Having no reservations or doubts; unquestioning or unconditional; usually said of faith or trust.
   • 1765, anonymous author, Considerations on Behalf of the Colonists:

     He is not only a zealous advocate for pusilanimous and passive obedience, but for the most implicit faith in the dictatorial mandates of power.

4. (obsolete) entangled, twisted together.
   • 1725, Homer, “Book IX”, in [William Broome], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume II, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC:

     In his deep fleece […] I cling implicit.

同意語

• (implied indirectly): implied, tacit, unspoken
• (contained in the essential nature): inherent, intrinsic
• (having no reservations): unconditional, unquestioning

反意語

• explicit

派生語

関連する語

• implicate
• implication
• implicative
• imply

Further reading

• “implicit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “implicit”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.