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Noun Concept
Categories: Principles, Semantics, Metatheory, Cognitive linguistics, Educational psychology
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conciseness  concision  pithiness  succinctness
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Terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words WordNet 3.0
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Terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
In common usage and linguistics, concision is a communication principle of eliminating redundancy, such as using as few words as possible in a sentence while preserving its meaning. Wikipedia
Avoidance of unnecessary words Wikidata
The property of being succinct, conciseness. Wiktionary
IS A
terseness
quality
DERIVATION
compendious
concise
pithy
DIFFERENT FROM
concussion
FACET OF
language
OPPOSITE OF
redundancy
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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conciseness, concision, pithiness, succinctness
Wikipedia
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concision
Wikidata
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concision
Wiktionary
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succinctness
Wikipedia Redirections
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Clear and concise, Concise, Concise VD, conciseness, succinct
Wikidata Alias
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brevity, concise, conciseness, laconic, laconicism, succinct, succinctness, terse, terseness

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