concision
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French concision, from Latin concisiō.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
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, 6th edition, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] J[ames] Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, […], published 1727, →OCLC:
- those of the Concision who made it
- Mutilation.
- (Christianity) penile mutilation, emasculation (used as a polemical term in Paul's epistles)
Synonyms[edit]
- (conciseness): laconicism, succinctness; see also Thesaurus:succinctness
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin concīsiōnem.
Noun[edit]
concision f (plural concisions)
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “concision”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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