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CONCISION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does concision mean? 

CONCISION (noun)
  The noun CONCISION has 1 sense:

1. terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few wordsplay

  Familiarity information: CONCISION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CONCISION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

conciseness; concision; pithiness; succinctness

Hypernyms ("concision" is a kind of...):

terseness (a neatly short and concise expressive style)


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