# unspoken rule (silence)

*Ordinarily means:* a norm that is never spoken about

a collective self-model that places a hidden wall on the parameter of permissible statements, preventing any statement beyond that wall from ever entering the group's speech window

- Computed level: L15 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: group communication

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [collective](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-collective.group), [self-model](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-self-model.reflexive), [wall](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-wall.range-end), [parameter](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-parameter.condition), [window](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-window.range), [law](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-law.rule)

**Through:** the hidden wall keeps statements beyond it outside the group's speech window

**Novel properties:**
- implicit speech limit

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-unspoken-rule.silence*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-unspoken-rule.silence.json*  
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