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??
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??
14 Comments
tony@lemmy.hoyle.me.uk · 40 pts · 3y
Concision is a word, but most people use the term brevity.
AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 3y
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 pts · 3y
El Conciserino, if you're not into that whole 'brevity' thing, man.
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
I miss that rug. Really tied the room together.
Mechanismatic@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 3y
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 pts · 3y
Incision can also be the practice of incising, but we don't need that word very much.
AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 3y
ChrisLicht@lemm.ee · 11 pts · 3y
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 pts · 3y
“Conciseness” is a real word.
pixeltree@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 3y
Concisiveness
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
That's a conflation of concise and divisive.
pixeltree@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
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 pts · 3y
Name your kid Concise
RIP_Cheems@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
Reject modernity, EMBRACE SEA TURTLE
BananaPeal@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y
I'm no expert, but didn't you just use it as a noun in the post title?
Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y