concision

[kuhn-sizh-uhn]

noun

1. concise quality; brevity; terseness.

2. Archaic.,  a cutting up or off; mutilation.

concision

/ kənˈsɪʒən /

noun

1. the quality of being concise; brevity; terseness

Other Word Forms

• nonconcision noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of concision¹

1350–1400; Middle English (< Middle French ) < Latin concīsiōn- (stem of concīsiō ), equivalent to concīs ( us ) concise + -iōn- -ion

Example Sentences

Each one is a small masterpiece of concision that combines erudition, insight and dry humor.

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Its orotund prose certainly differs from the lean muscularity of the Second Inaugural or the elegiac concision of the Gettysburg Address.

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He has long been encouraged to aim toward concision, especially in his longer numbers, in which his untiring improvisations can become exhausting in their many climaxes.

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His exuberant acting benefits from the severity of Beckett’s concision.

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As my colleague Alexandra Petri of the Washington Post put it with admirable concision: “I am endorsing Kamala Harris for president because I like elections and would like to keep having them.”

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