concision

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈsɪʒən/

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• Rhymes: -ɪʒən
• Hyphenation: con‧ci‧sion

Noun

concision (countable and uncountable, plural concisions)

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.

   Coordinate term: excision

   • 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:

     those of the Concision who made it

4. Mutilation.
5. (Christianity) penile mutilation, emasculation (used as a polemical term in Paul's epistles)

   Coordinate term: circumcision

French

Etymology

From Latin concīsiōnem.

Noun

concision f (plural concisions)

1. concision

Related terms

• concis

Descendants

• → English: concision

Further reading

• “concision”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.