"argument from silence" meaning in All languages combined

See argument from silence on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: arguments from silence [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|arguments from silence}} argument from silence (plural arguments from silence)
  1. An argument based on the absence of something being mentioned in documents as evidence. Wikipedia link: argument from silence Translations (argument based on the absence of something): 默證 /默证 (mòzhèng) (Chinese Mandarin), argumentum e silentio [neuter] (Dutch), hiljaisuuteen vetoaminen (Finnish), hiljentymiseen vetoaminen (Finnish)

Inflected forms

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