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LACONICISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does laconicism mean? 

LACONICISM (noun)
  The noun LACONICISM has 1 sense:

1. terseness of expressionplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


LACONICISM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Terseness of expression

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

laconicism; laconism

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

terseness (a neatly short and concise expressive style)


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