We explain what implication is, its meanings and various examples. Also, differences with implication.
What is implication?
The words implication and implication are synonymous words that are used for a wide spectrum of meanings, among which three seem to be the main ones:
- Action and effect of getting involved in somethingvoluntarily or through the work of third parties: “Mario did not want to get involved in the union protest.”
- Consequence or sequelthat is, something that happens after something else and because of it: “The union protest had enormous implications for the destiny of the company.”
- In the legal language of certain Spanish-speaking countries (especially Chile and Uruguay), the term is synonymous with incompatibility or contradiction between someone's public duties and his personal interests: “There was a notable implication in the Pietri case, since the designated prosecutor was the godson of one of the victims.”
These words come from the Latin word implicatiocomposed of the prefix in- (“inwards”) and the verb I will apply (“fold or fold”), that is, “fold inward” like someone who intertwines or makes a mess, or contains something within himself.
For this reason, today this word is used in academic fields, such as logic or psychoanalysis, to say that something leads to something else or carries it with it. For example: “p implies q” (p → q) is one of the typical forms of expression of symbolic logic, and means that there is a verifiable relationship between p and q, such that if something happens in the first, it will also have a consequence in the second.
Some other examples of using these words in a sentence are as follows:
- “Silence in the face of an accusation is not implication of guilt in the crime.”
- “They arrested a passerby without ever proving his implication with the case.”
- “As implication “Due to the prolonged rains, there was an increase in dengue cases.”
- “There is no implication “Something between the zodiac sign and the personality of the people.”
- “That implications “Would it be in society to reduce the working day to six hours?”
See also: Relative
Implication or implication?
Both implication and implication are formally accepted words in Spanish.at least as understood by the Royal Spanish Academy, and they are basically synonymous. The only relevant distinction between one and the other is that “implication” has a majority use in the Spanish-speaking countries of America, while “implication” has a majority use in the Spanish-speaking countries of Europe.
Continue with: Incident
References
- “Implication” in Wiktionary.
- “Implication” in the Language Dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy.
- “Implication” in the Pan-Hispanic Dictionary of Legal Spanish of the Royal Spanish Academy.
- “Radication of the word Implication” in the Online Spanish Etymological Dictionary.
