implicitness.

The extent to which information or meaning remains unstated but is conveyed or assumed through context.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• implicitness of a premise
• implicitness of meaning

On the page

The implicitness of the premise made the argument’s dependence on it less visible.

The passage’s implicitness of meaning relied on information the original audience was expected to share.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: definition, institutional analysis, scope assessment, comparison. Disciplines: academic writing, institutional analysis, conceptual explanation. Commonness: uncommon.