concision
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French concision, from Latin concisiō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kənˈsɪʒən/
- Rhymes: -ɪʒən
- Hyphenation: con‧ci‧sion
Noun
concision (countable and uncountable, plural concisions)
- (somewhat rare) Conciseness, brevity or terseness.
- A form of media censorship where discussions are limited in topics on the basis of broadcast time allotments.
- A cutting off; a division; a schism or faction.
- 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), 6th edition, London: […] J[ames] Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, […], published 1727, OCLC 21766567:
- those of the Concision who made it
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- Mutilation.
- (Christianity) penile mutilation, emasculation (used as a polemical term in Paul's epistles)
Synonyms
- (conciseness): laconicism, succinctness; see also Thesaurus:succinctness
French
Etymology
From Latin concīsiō.
Noun
concision f (plural concisions)
- concision
Related terms
- concis
Further reading
- “concision”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.