conciseness

American  

[kuhn-sahys-nis] / kənˈsaɪs nɪs /

noun

1. the quality of being concise.

   Synonyms:

   pithiness, terseness

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conciseness Cultural  

1. Economy in writing or speaking. “Bill loves to go to the movies because watching films is a real pleasure to him” is not as concise as “Bill loves to watch movies.” (Compare circumlocution.)

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Synonym Usage

See brevity.

Etymology

Origin of conciseness

First recorded in 1650–60; concise + -ness

Example Sentences

Conciseness in art is a necessity and a grace," he told a younger painter "Cultivate your memory; for nature will never give you more than information.

From Time Magazine Archive

Conciseness, which is an article of faith to them, leads American journalists to invent new words, to forge a vocabulary which lends a most vivid new hue to their argot.

From Time Magazine Archive

In short the whole Passage is equal to the Original in Majesty and Harmony, and superior in Conciseness.

From Letters Concerning Poetical Translations And Virgil's and Milton's Arts of Verse, &c. by Benson, William

Conciseness is the aim in this style, and every doctrine is reduced to a skeleton.

From Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology by Clarke, James Freeman

Now Conciseness is not only to express ourselves in as few Words as we can, but the Excellency of the Language shews itself, if those few Words are composed of few Syllables.

From Letters Concerning Poetical Translations And Virgil's and Milton's Arts of Verse, &c. by Benson, William