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Meaning of "ex silentio" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD EX SILENTIO

Literally: from silence.
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PRONUNCIATION OF EX SILENTIO

ex silentio  [ɛks sɪˈlɛnʃɪˌəʊ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EX SILENTIO

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ex silentio can act as an adjective and an adverb.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES EX SILENTIO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of ex silentio in the English dictionary

The definition of ex silentio in the dictionary is based on a lack of evidence to the contrary.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EX SILENTIO


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ˈɔːdɪˌəʊ
braggadocio
ˌbræɡəˈdəʊtʃɪˌəʊ
cameo
ˈkæmɪˌəʊ
capriccio
kəˈprɪtʃɪˌəʊ
internuncio
ˌɪntəˈnʌnʃɪˌəʊ
Kuroshio
kəˈrəʊʃɪˌəʊ
Lashio
ˈlæʃɪˌəʊ
Mogadiscio
ˌmɒɡəˈdɪʃɪˌəʊ
mustachio
məˈstɑːʃɪˌəʊ
nuncio
ˈnʌnʃɪˌəʊ
olio
ˈəʊlɪˌəʊ
patio
ˈpætɪˌəʊ
petitio
pɪˈtɪʃɪˌəʊ
pistachio
pɪˈstɑːʃɪˌəʊ
ratio
ˈreɪʃɪˌəʊ
rodeo
ˈrəʊdɪˌəʊ
scenario
sɪˈnɑːrɪˌəʊ
Scorpio
ˈskɔːpɪˌəʊ
studio
ˈstjuːdɪˌəʊ
video
ˈvɪdɪˌəʊ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EX SILENTIO

ex all
ex ante
ex cathedra
ex div.
ex dividend
ex gratia
ex hypothesi
ex lib.
ex libris
ex new
ex nihilo
ex off.
ex officio
ex parte
ex post facto
ex voto
ex works
ex-con
ex-directory
ex-husband

WORDS THAT END LIKE EX SILENTIO

ab initio
aspect ratio
branching ratio
bypass ratio
cash ratio
compression ratio
fellatio
focal ratio
food conversion ratio
gear ratio
golden ratio
gyromagnetic ratio
liquid assets ratio
liquidity ratio
loss ratio
mass ratio
P/E ratio
Poisson´s ratio
price-earnings ratio
signal-to-noise ratio

Synonyms and antonyms of ex silentio in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ex silentio» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EX SILENTIO

Find out the translation of ex silentio to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ex silentio from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ex silentio» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

前silentio
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ex silentio
570 millions of speakers

English

ex silentio
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पूर्व silentio
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

السابق silentio
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

экс silentio
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ex silentio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রাক্তন মুষ্টিযুদ্ধ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ex silentio
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bekas silentio
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ex silentio
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

の元silentioに
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

전직 silentio
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ex silentio
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

cũ silentio
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முன்னாள் அமைதி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

माजी मूक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Silentio
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ex silentio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ex silentio
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

екс silentio
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ex silentio
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ex silentio
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ex silentio
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ex silentio
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ex silentio
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ex silentio

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EX SILENTIO»

The term «ex silentio» is used very little and occupies the 169.069 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EX SILENTIO» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «ex silentio» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «ex silentio» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ex silentio

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EX SILENTIO»

Discover the use of ex silentio in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ex silentio and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Argumentum Ex Silentio Argument from Silence: Does the ...
"The argument from silence (also called argumentum ex silentio in Latin) is generally a conclusion based on silence or lack of contrary evidence.
Bruce R. Booker, 2009
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World Dictionary of Foreign Expressions: A Resource for ...
Ex silentio arguments stand on shaky foundations and can, like a house of cards, be easily demolished. See argumentum a silentio and argumentum ex silentio. ex statuto adj./adv. [L. ex out of, from, directly after, away from (1); statuto statute ...
Gabriel Adeleye, Kofi Acquah-Dadzie, Thomas J. Sienkewicz, 1999
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Arguments from Ignorance
The fallacy of the negative proof seems to correspond to what historians usually call the ex silentio argument, except that Fischer is highly negative about this type of argumentation, classifying it as not "correct" as an empirical procedure ...
Douglas Walton, 2010
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The Germania of Tacitus
knowledge of orthographical details we are dependent on the collation of Longolius alone. Since we may well doubt if even he has noted every instance in which the orthography of h varied from that of the edition which he used, all ex silentio ...
Cornelius Tacitus, Rodney Potter Robinson, 1935
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Early Netherlandish Painting at the Crossroads: A Critical ...
The hypothesis that Rogier would have been registered at an older age as an apprentice dejure represents an argumentum ex silentio,SS postulating that an event occurred although no facts are available.The argumentum ex silentio is an  ...
Maryan Wynn Ainsworth, 2001
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Pompey in Cicero's "Correspondence" and Lucan's "Civil war"
... 93 (1962), pp. 459-70 (quotation from p. 470). *1 Schanz-Hosius, Rom. Lit., vol. I, 4th ed. (1927), p. 356. 22 I realize the inherent weakness in an argument ex silentio. I feel, however, that the argument ex silentio Nepotis is even stronger than ...
Vivian L. Holliday, 1969
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Studies in Hindu Law and Dharmaśāstra
Actually, the whole theory is based on a mere argumentum ex silentio. Not a single ancient text, not even the Mahābhāṣya in the 2nd century BC, refers to their having been written down in manuscripts. This argumentum ex silentio has been ...
Ludo Rocher, Donald Richard Davis, 2012
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Heaven on Earth: The Varieties of the Millennial Experience
For many of them, textual silence indicates real absence—a particularly problematic case of argumentum ex silentio.15 And since, unlike experimental scientists, historians can only be contradicted by existing hard evidence on such matters, ...
Richard Landes, 2011
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The Kleeberg Fragment of the Gleiberg County
Not evidence but merely a doubtful argument ex silentio stands in opposition. First put forward by Gebhardi in 1762, in its developed form the argument ex silentio states essentially that Hermann of Gleiberg was once the imperial hammer of ...
Donald C. Jackman, 2012
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Heaven on Earth: The Varieties of the Millennial Experience
For many of them, textual silence indicates real absence—a particularly problematic case of argumentum ex silentio.15 And since, unlike experimental scientists, historians can only be contradicted by existing hard evidence on such matters, ...
Richard Landes, 2011

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EX SILENTIO»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ex silentio is used in the context of the following news items.
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Autism, Schizophrenia, And Nutrition: Heartbreak & Hope
The dreaded argumentum ex silentio, “he's adopted, so we'll never have the genetic-information that we need.” I phoned a top-level genetic-researcher—a ... «PsychCentral.com, Oct 11»
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Medieval music by Greek ensembles
A new album featuring both musical and historical interest, “Nell' autunno di Bisanzio,” was recently recorded by the Ex Silentio and Ensemble ... «Kathimerini, Mar 11»
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Bury St Edmunds: Prayers for 'inspirational' teacher killed in jogging …
The school choir Ex Silentio performed a vocal arrangement of Seal's Kiss From a Rose while Lydia Lockyer, a Year 11 student at the school, ... «East Anglian Daily Times, Nov 10»

REFERENCE
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