concision

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) Synonym of conciseness (“brevity or terseness”).
2. (countable, uncountable) A form of media censorship where discussions are limited in topics on the basis of broadcast time allotments.
3. (countable, uncountable) A cutting off; a division; a schism or faction.
4. (countable, uncountable) Mutilation.
5. (countable, uncountable) penile mutilation, emasculation (used as a polemical term in Paul's epistles)

Synonyms

conciseness

brevity

succinctness

terseness

pithiness

shortness

consistency

compactness

denseness

density

Translations

concision

concisione

concisió

brevità

concisión

compendiosità

sinteticità

kortheid

Präzision

breviloquenza

Prägnanz

Kürze

λακωνικότητα

laconicità

συντομία με περιεκτικότητα

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kənˈsɪʒən/

Etymology

Borrowed from French concision, from Latin concisiō.