"argument from silence" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "kind": "other",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An argument based on the absence of something being mentioned in documents as evidence."
      ],
      "id": "en-argument_from_silence-en-noun-osNn-Rui",
      "links": [
        [
          "absence",
          "absence"
        ],
        [
          "document",
          "document"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "mòzhèng",
          "sense": "argument based on the absence of something",
          "word": "默證 /默证"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "argument based on the absence of something",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "argumentum e silentio"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "argument based on the absence of something",
          "word": "hiljaisuuteen vetoaminen"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "argument based on the absence of something",
          "word": "hiljentymiseen vetoaminen"
        }
      ],
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        "argument from silence"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "argument from silence"
}

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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
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      "glosses": [
        "An argument based on the absence of something being mentioned in documents as evidence."
      ],
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          "absence",
          "absence"
        ],
        [
          "document",
          "document"
        ]
      ],
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        "argument from silence"
      ]
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  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "mòzhèng",
      "sense": "argument based on the absence of something",
      "word": "默證 /默证"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "argument based on the absence of something",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "argumentum e silentio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "argument based on the absence of something",
      "word": "hiljaisuuteen vetoaminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "argument based on the absence of something",
      "word": "hiljentymiseen vetoaminen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "argument from silence"
}