implication
/ˌɪmpləˈkeɪʃən/
implication · noun — the act of implicating. It carries an Arena rating of 1457, earned across 8 head-to-head judged battles.
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Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, implication ranks #1,362 of 17,136 for Most Malleable Words, #2,777 of 17,128 for Words That Escaped Their Books, #4,845 of 17,131 for Scariest Words, #5,045 of 17,126 for Most Elegant Words.
implication is pronounced /ˌɪmpləˈkeɪʃən/.
Why “implication” is a great word
A conclusion or significance that is suggested or indicated indirectly, rather than stated explicitly. From Middle French implication, from Latin implicationem (accusative of implicatio), from implicare ('to entangle, involve'), from in- ('in') + plicare ('to fold'), first recorded in English 1400–50. Unlike 'connotation,' which is the cultural or emotional aura that clings to a word, or 'consequence,' which denotes a direct and manifest result, implication is a logical inference drawn from what remains folded within a statement or situation. It is the raised eyebrow across a crowded room, the door left conspicuously unlocked, the second, deeper silence after a sentence ends—the mind's quiet complicity in unfolding what was never said.
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Etymology
From Middle French implication, from Latin implicationem (accusative of implicatio). Equivalent to implicate + -ion.
noun
- The act of implicating.
- The state of being implicated.
- A possible, or indirect, effect or result of a decision or action.e.g.“Dumping waste in the river will have serious implications for the environment.”
- An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words.
- The connective in propositional calculus that, when joining two predicates A and B in that order, has the meaning "if A is true, then B is true".
- Logical consequence.
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