IMPLICITNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does implicitness mean? 

• IMPLICITNESS (noun)
  The noun IMPLICITNESS has 1 sense:

1. inexplicitness as a consequence of being implied or indirect

  Familiarity information: IMPLICITNESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IMPLICITNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Inexplicitness as a consequence of being implied or indirect

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("implicitness" is a kind of...):

inexplicitness (unclearness by virtue of not being explicit)

Derivation:

implicit (implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something)

 Context examples 

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.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)