implicature

noun
/ɪmˈplɪkət͡ʃə/UK/ɪmˈplɪkət͡ʃɚ/US

Etymology

Coined by British philosopher Paul Grice before or in 1967.

Definitions

  1. An implied meaning that does not semantically entail.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at implicature. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at implicature. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at implicature

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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