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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 words
Familiarity information: CONCISION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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