concision
Pronunciation: /kənˈsɪʒən/
The English word “concision” has 5 meanings listed here.
noun
- Synonym of 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.
- Mutilation.
- penile mutilation, emasculation (used as a polemical term in Paul's epistles)
Etymology
Borrowed from French concision, from Latin concisiō(n).
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