"Implied" is to "explicit" as "implication" is to what?
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Track title: Hypnotic Puzzle2
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00:00 &Quot;Implied&Quot; Is To &Quot;Explicit&Quot; As &Quot;Implication&Quot; Is To What?
01:26 Answer 1 Score 3
02:07 Answer 2 Score 4
02:25 Answer 3 Score 7
02:40 Accepted Answer Score 11
02:51 Thank you
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ACCEPTED ANSWER
Score 11
Declaration: a formal or explicit statement or announcement
In short, Bob should say: "My declaration contradicts your perceived implication."
ANSWER 2
Score 7
I think your expression "explicitly stated" is a bit redundant, and I'd use statement as the word you want.
I don't think one can state something implicitly...
ANSWER 3
Score 4
Some potential choices:
- Exposition/Expound
- Elucidation/Elucidate
- Spelling out/Spell out
There's no one definitive antonym that I can think of, but those are close.
ANSWER 4
Score 3
The analogy is not so straightforward.
implicit->implication
is not a direct addition of suffixes semantically.
Conceptually, an implication is the consequences of some premises; something implicit is an unstated assumption or a set of rules.
'Explicit' is something that is stated out loud or given by instance. So the corresponding concept to an implication, would be one of those instances or an
example
This doesn't fit the same register. In another direction, one might what the thing that is stated out loud and that might be an
explanation