"argument from silence" meaning in English

See argument from silence in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

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 (Chinese Mandarin), 默证 (mòzhèng) (Chinese Mandarin), argumentum e silentio [neuter] (Dutch), hiljaisuuteen vetoaminen (Finnish), hiljentymiseen vetoaminen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-argument_from_silence-en-noun-osNn-Rui Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

Inflected forms

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