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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ex silentio /ˌɛks sɪˈlɛnʃɪəʊ/

▶adjective & adverb (of an argument or theory) based on lack of contrary evidence.

– origin L., ‘from silence’.

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