Tacit
adjective
Understood or implied without being stated openly.
Our tacit agreement was to ignore the elephant in the room.
Often appears as...
- tacit agreement
- tacit understanding
adjective
Said or done in a quiet and indirect way.
Her tacit criticism was not lost on him.
Often appears as...
- tacit criticism
- tacit endorsement
adjective
Implied by law, but not expressly stated.
Tacit consent is assumed unless expressly denied.
Often appears as...
- tacit consent
- tacit agreement
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
adjective
Understood or implied without being stated openly.
Our tacit agreement was to ignore the elephant in the room.
Often appears as...
- tacit agreement
- tacit understanding
adjective
Said or done in a quiet and indirect way.
Her tacit criticism was not lost on him.
Often appears as...
- tacit criticism
- tacit endorsement
adjective
Implied by law, but not expressly stated.
Tacit consent is assumed unless expressly denied.
Often appears as...
- tacit consent
- tacit agreement
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Nonverbal Agreement
Tacit often describes agreements made without words, just by actions or body language.
They shared a tacit understanding and left the meeting early.
Pro Tip 2/2Silent Consensus
People might share a tacit belief or opinion without discussing it.
The nodding heads in the room showed tacit agreement with the speaker.
Pro Tip 1/2Nonverbal Agreement
Tacit often describes agreements made without words, just by actions or body language.
They shared a tacit understanding and left the meeting early.
Pro Tip 2/2Silent Consensus
People might share a tacit belief or opinion without discussing it.
The nodding heads in the room showed tacit agreement with the speaker.
Pro Tip 1/2Nonverbal Agreement
Tacit often describes agreements made without words, just by actions or body language.
They shared a tacit understanding and left the meeting early.
Pro Tip 2/2Silent Consensus
People might share a tacit belief or opinion without discussing it.
The nodding heads in the room showed tacit agreement with the speaker.
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what the tacit rules of marriage are. And everyone should understand those rules, because doing so can help us build better marriages from the beginning.
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what the tacit rules of marriage are. And everyone should understand those rules, because doing so can help us build better marriages from the beginning.
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Quote examples
James Franco
American Actor
There's a tacit belief that actors shouldn't write books, they're sort of allowed to direct movies but there will be a lot of skepticism, and they shouldn't do artwork or music. There are these invisible roadblocks to gain entree to these areas for actors, and you kind of have to crash through those invisible barriers.
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Max Weber
German Economist
All the analysis of infinite reality which the finite human mind can conduct rests on the tacit assumption that only a finite portion of this reality constitutes the object of scientific investigation, and that only it is 'important' in the sense of being 'worthy of being known.
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Ann Reinking
American Actress
Fosse would say that it's important to trust silence. He very much liked the use of the tacit, or silent, count, where nothing is happening. He also liked percussion. His is a world of angular movement and mystery, quiet, semi-taciturn and percussive.
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Jenna Wortham
American Journalist
We may have a tacit understanding of how our solar system works, but watching the sun disappear behind the moon reminds us of the vastness of space and the enduring mysteries of the universe we inhabit.
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Olga Tokarczuk
Polish Writer
Unfortunately, as hate speech has proliferated, no one in Poland has been held responsible. The police take people's statements and dismiss them. This tacit consent has demoralized weakened minds.
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Katie Hafner
American Journalist
Many anthropologists work with a concept called embodied knowledge - tacit, nonscientific knowledge - and look for ways to incorporate such information into product design.
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Karl Kraus
Austrian Writer
Culture is the tacit agreement to let the means of subsistence disappear behind the purpose of existence. Civilization is the subordination of the latter to the former.
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Pierre Bourdieu
French Sociologist
Symbolic violence is violence wielded with tacit complicity between its victims and its agents, insofar as both remain unconscious of submitting to or wielding it.
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Steven Pinker
Canadian Scientist
The rules of friendship are tacit, unconscious; they are not rational. In business, though, you have to think rationally.
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Julien Baker
American Musician
Passivity is a tacit endorsement of evil we are too afraid to oppose actively.
Quote examples
James Franco
American Actor
There's a tacit belief that actors shouldn't write books, they're sort of allowed to direct movies but there will be a lot of skepticism, and they shouldn't do artwork or music. There are these invisible roadblocks to gain entree to these areas for actors, and you kind of have to crash through those invisible barriers.
Quote examples
Max Weber
German Economist
All the analysis of infinite reality which the finite human mind can conduct rests on the tacit assumption that only a finite portion of this reality constitutes the object of scientific investigation, and that only it is 'important' in the sense of being 'worthy of being known.
Quote examples
Ann Reinking
American Actress
Fosse would say that it's important to trust silence. He very much liked the use of the tacit, or silent, count, where nothing is happening. He also liked percussion. His is a world of angular movement and mystery, quiet, semi-taciturn and percussive.
Quote examples
Jenna Wortham
American Journalist
We may have a tacit understanding of how our solar system works, but watching the sun disappear behind the moon reminds us of the vastness of space and the enduring mysteries of the universe we inhabit.
Quote examples
Olga Tokarczuk
Polish Writer
Unfortunately, as hate speech has proliferated, no one in Poland has been held responsible. The police take people's statements and dismiss them. This tacit consent has demoralized weakened minds.
Quote examples
Katie Hafner
American Journalist
Many anthropologists work with a concept called embodied knowledge - tacit, nonscientific knowledge - and look for ways to incorporate such information into product design.
Quote examples
Karl Kraus
Austrian Writer
Culture is the tacit agreement to let the means of subsistence disappear behind the purpose of existence. Civilization is the subordination of the latter to the former.
Quote examples
Pierre Bourdieu
French Sociologist
Symbolic violence is violence wielded with tacit complicity between its victims and its agents, insofar as both remain unconscious of submitting to or wielding it.
Quote examples
Steven Pinker
Canadian Scientist
The rules of friendship are tacit, unconscious; they are not rational. In business, though, you have to think rationally.
Quote examples
Julien Baker
American Musician
Passivity is a tacit endorsement of evil we are too afraid to oppose actively.
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