English Explanatory Dictionary

concision

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of conciseness (“brevity or terseness”).
  2. A form of media censorship where discussions are limited in topics on the basis of broadcast time allotments.
  3. A cutting off; a division; a schism or faction.
  4. Mutilation.
  5. penile mutilation, emasculation (used as a polemical term in Paul's epistles)

Pronunciation

/kənˈsɪʒən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Neøn-concision.wav

Word forms

concision concisions

Etymology

Borrowed from French concision, from Latin concisiō(n).

Synonyms

conciseness
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