implicity

noun

im·​plic·​i·​ty

ə̇mˈplisətē

plural -es

: the quality or state of being implicit

the strangeness of a man's life and the implicity with which he accepts it

—Albert Camus

Word History

Etymology

probably from French implicité, from implicite implicit (from Latin implicitus) + -té -ty

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