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??
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.
tony@lemmy.hoyle.me.uk 1 year ago
Concision is a word, but most people use the term brevity.
AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 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 1 year ago
El Conciserino, if you’re not into that whole ‘brevity’ thing, man.
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I miss that rug. Really tied the room together.