In common usage and linguistics, concision (also called conciseness, succinctness, terseness, brevity, or laconicism) is a communication principle of...
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In media studies, concision is a form of broadcast media censorship by limiting debate and discussion of important topics on the rationale of time allotment...
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standard of rigor is much higher than elsewhere. Despite mathematics' concision, rigorous proofs can require hundreds of pages to express, such as the...
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disapprove of the word "concision" on the grounds that it had a technical meaning in theology, "to which it may well be left"; but "concision" is now a common...
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truths of cult and morals"; it defines the unity of God with an "admirable concision". Pastoret writes that the common accusations of his immorality are unfounded:...
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results (scientific laws, theorems, proofs, logical deductions, etc.) with concision, precision and unambiguity. The main features of the mathematical language...
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contained in the Quran consisted of tashbīh, istiʿāra, taǧānus, mubālaġa, concision, clarity of speech (bayān), and talāʾum. He also added other features...
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delay Cancel culture Censor bars Chilling effect Collateral censorship Concision Conspiracy of silence Content-control software Damnatio memoriae De-banking...
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his abilities, according to the art critic Robert Hughes, "longing for concision and grace". After the birth of his nephew, Van Gogh wrote, "I started...
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"tooth and claw" style of literary criticism. Twain places emphasis on concision, utility of word choice, and realism; he complains, for example, that...
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up concise in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Concise may refer to: Concision, conciseness Concise, Switzerland; a municipality in Jura-Nord Vaudois...
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trying to shape myself into a writer. I admired Waits’s lyrical vision and concision – the man was a born storyteller, stopping travellers who had wandered...
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Chronicle as having the "heavy sadness of Townes Van Zandt, the light pop concision of Buddy Holly, the tuneful jangle of the Beatles, the raw energy of the...
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elliptical planform characterised by ellipsis (the omission of words), or by concision more broadly elliptical trainer, an exercise machine Ellipse (disambiguation)...
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on Stack Overflow for correctness, consistency, comprehensiveness, and concision, and found that 52% of them contained inaccuracies and 77% were verbose...
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distinguished from tautology and understatement. Brevitas is related to concision, parataxis, sprezzatura and elliptic style. It contrasts with periphrasis...
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writing giving prime consideration to quality of writing, originality and concision, using any available journalistic tool. Commentary – for distinguished...
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Romantic music, somewhat related to that of the Second Viennese School in concision but diverging greatly in technique. Though he had several bursts of extraordinary...
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of the most notable in history. The piece is admired for its extreme concision and is considered a hallmark in the development of total serialism. By...
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making any decision is KISS (Keep it Simple, Stupid). BLUF (communication) Concision Elegance The Fox and the Cat (fable) It's the economy, stupid Mini survival...
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delay Cancel culture Censor bars Chilling effect Collateral censorship Concision Conspiracy of silence Content-control software Damnatio memoriae De-banking...
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primitives concisely express broad ideas about data manipulation. The level of concision can be dramatic in certain cases: it is not uncommon[example needed] to...
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and awe War on terror Weapons of mass destruction Buzzword Catchphrase Concision (media studies) Gotcha journalism Media clip Sheeple Slogan Sounds to...
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were made by letters transported by rapid sailing ships. Clarity and concision were often considered important in such correspondence. An apocryphal...
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2006 and modifying the review format and style for improved readability, concision, accuracy, and impact. Kirkus Reviews was sold to The New York Review...
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Masefield told Powell he read them "with a great deal of admiration for their concision and point", and Hilaire Belloc said "I have read them with the greatest...
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unfired rifles tie into the play's theme of lacking or incomplete action. Concision – the principle of brevity in writing Foreshadowing – a plot device where...
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Contest, to find "the opening sentence to the worst of all possible novels" Concision, a communication principle of eliminating redundancy Description, one...
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