**Indirect ways of saying something that would otherwise be aggressive or socially unacceptable.** Implicatures are when you say something soft that implies the meaning of something less direct. # Examples - “Want to go to the movies later?” → “I have to study tonight”, it is more socially acceptable than simply saying “no”, but has the same effect. - "It's sure hot in here" instead of "hey turn the fan on." **** ## Source - [[The Organized Mind]] ## Related - [[Affordances]]