• 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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  • 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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  • results (scientific laws, theorems, proofs, logical deductions, etc.) with concision, precision and unambiguity. The main features of the mathematical language...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • 2006 and modifying the review format and style for improved readability, concision, accuracy, and impact. It was sold to The New York Review of Books in...
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    This article may require copy editing for grammar and concision. You can assist by editing it. (December 2023) (Learn how and when to remove this message)...
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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 Less is...
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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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    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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    writing giving prime consideration to quality of writing, originality and concision, using any available journalistic tool. Commentary – for distinguished...
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    however, one is reading Dryden, and not experiencing the Roman poet's concision. Similarly, Homer arguably suffers from Alexander Pope's endeavor to reduce...
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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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  • Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Wikiquote has quotations related to Subtext. Concision – Writing principle of eliminating redundancy Connotation – Cultural or...
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    through language, flow, hierarchy and metaphors for visual elements. Concision: However ironically, the over-clarification of information—for instance...
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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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  • 22) This article refers to these tracks as "vault tracks" hereafter for concision. Midnights, Lover, and Folklore charted at numbers five, seven, and 10...
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    spelling should be considered informal and restricted to contexts where concision is valued, such as headlines and greeting cards. The Christian Writer's...
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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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    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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    prime example of "quickness" in literature, because of the economy and concision of the tales. Originally, stories that would contemporarily be considered...
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    one manuscript, these are followed by the related three-part Book of Concision (Kitāb al-Ījāz, Kr. nos. 954–956). Diverse alchemical treatises (Kr. nos...
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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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  • Mongredien, Phil (5 July 2024). "Kasabian: Happenings review – newfound concision and big choruses". The Observer. Retrieved 17 July 2024. McCormick, Neil...
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    emeritus of Philosophy at Bridgewater State College, writes: With clarity, concision, and an engaging style, Hicks exposes the historical roots and philosophical...
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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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  • cementitious, cementum, cespitose, chisel, circumcise, circumcision, concise, concision, decidability, decidable, decide, decision, decisive, deciso, excide,...
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