The phrase "an implicit justification" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a justification that is not explicitly stated but is understood or implied in a context.
Example: "The author's argument relies on an implicit justification for the controversial decision made by the committee."
Alternatives: "an unspoken rationale" or "an implied reason".
It reinforced the fear of Islam and might have offered an implicit justification for the United States invasion of Iraq.
It is, not incidentally, also an implicit justification of univeral institutions like the Louvre, the Hermitage, the British Museum and the Met.
But the "Nightline" report included an implicit justification -- the 3,000 workers lined up at Foxconn's gates before dawn in hope of a job.
Slowly but surely, the Court is whittling away at the categories of people who are eligible for the death penalty.But Noah Feldman's perspective in Bloomberg View is quite the opposite: The trouble is, each time the Supreme Court limits the death penalty, it offers an implicit justification for preserving it in most cases.
The same can be said about education in the United States, which focuses understandably but disproportionately on the loss of life at Pearl Harbor as a direct or implicit justification for the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima.
He fulminated against the violence of colonialism and its implicit "justification" by appeal to the subhumanity of the native population.
On Wednesday, he complained that The Times's coverage the last few days had been 'like déjà vu all over again," rife with "implicit justifications" for going to war.
That such perceptions, and the consequent cultural representations, have served, and continue to serve, as implicit justifications for the colonial and imperialist ambitions of the European powers and of the United States.
He cited threats from Iran, North Korea and other countries -- in an implicit reference to China -- as justification for continued overall growth in the Pentagon's budget.
The idea is, there are multiple agents, each with an implicit knowledge operator, and there are justification terms, which each agent understands.
This Article elaborates the often-implicit justifications for separate treatment and provides a more express statement of how and when such treatment is appropriate.
