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You can speak concisely, or prefer concise writing, but not quite with concision. I prefer conciseness? Conciquity? Concisement? Why is there no noun for this word??

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[-] tony@lemmy.hoyle.me.uk 40 points 1 year ago

Concision is a word, but most people use the term brevity.

[-] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

Concision is a regular and unexceptional word, but I think brevity has a slightly different connotation: “concision” implies that you’ve carefully phrased things to convey the most information in the fewest words, while “brevity” can imply that you’ve just left stuff out.

[-] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 year ago

El Conciserino, if you're not into that whole 'brevity' thing, man.

[-] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I miss that rug. Really tied the room together.

[-] Mechanismatic@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Concision seems like it should be a word for that which is made concise rather than the brevity itself. An incision is the cut made by incising.

[-] fubo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Incision can also be the practice of incising, but we don't need that word very much.

[-] ChrisLicht@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

Concision is the right word, if speaking with a highly educated audience; if speaking with a less educated audience, perhaps “succinctness” or “efficient clarity” would be better understood, even if not conveying all of the connotations of concision.

[-] Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

“Conciseness” is a real word.

[-] pixeltree@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago
[-] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

That's a conflation of concise and divisive.

[-] pixeltree@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Ah I knew it wasn't a real word but not why it felt right, that's it right there. Neato

[-] databender@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Name your kid Concise

[-] RIP_Cheems@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Reject modernity, EMBRACE SEA TURTLE

[-] BananaPeal@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago

I'm no expert, but didn't you just use it as a noun in the post title?

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