implicit

5 definitions • 10 examples

suggested but not communicated directly:

implicit criticism He interpreted her comments as an implicit criticism of the government.

implicit in Implicit in the poem's closing lines are the poet's own religious doubts.

felt by someone or influencing them without them being aware of it:

The experiment was designed to measure implicit racial bias.

Egalitarian intentions are not enough to protect against the effect of implicit attitudes.

complete and without any doubts:

implicit faith All her life she had implicit faith in socialism.

implicit trust We had implicit trust in him.

implicit obedience She is accustomed to implicit obedience from her staff.

suggested but not communicated directly:

We interpreted his silence as implicit agreement.

Some reporters thought there was an implicit threat in the president’s speech.

(esp. of trust and belief) complete and without any doubts:

implicit faith