elision
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8.9
- noun
- /ɪˈlɪʒən/
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elisión
- Effective communication often requires the elision of unnecessary information to keep the message clear.
Examples
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As Zizek has pointed out, nostalgia performs this elision of the gaze in order for the viewer/reader to sustain subjectivity.
Academic text (1996) -
Therefore, vocabulary skills may have been more predictive of reading than phonological awareness, as vocabulary skills were more uniform than elision skills in the SSD-only group.
Academic text (2013) -
The same issues can arise when we try to make that elision between ancestry and race, which is problematic and complex.
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Joe: I'm pretty sure most observers will think your elisions are relevant.
Blog text (5) -
I also note the annoying elision of "heterosexual" from the headline, though of course it's included in the first sentence.
Blog text (32) -
Say it as clearly as possible, with as few references, elisions, and dog whistles as possible.
Blog text (12) -
Elisions between one and the other were readily made, and Morse's lawyers tried later to trade on this.
Academic text (2016) -
The reciprocity between viewer and image described by Panofsky and Belting depends on the elision of those parts of the image that do not resemble the living consciousness of the viewer.
Academic text (2006) -
The title of Tender Buttons immediately suggests Stein's alertness to the elisions between touch, texture, and emotion that do something to us as they animate our aesthetic and social encounters.
Academic text (2017) -
In poetry, the elision of certain words can create a more rhythmic flow.
Synonyms
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4.0
A change made to a film, book or budget by removing parts
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4.2
A situation when someone is not allowed to join or take part in a group
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5.4
A thing someone leaves out, often by mistake
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5.8
Leaving out words from a sentence so the meaning is still clear
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5.7
People leave out sounds or syllables when they speak quickly
To leave out parts of words and sentences in speech or writing
The leaving out of an expected sound or ending when speaking
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word elision comes from the Latin verb elidere, which meant 'to strike out' or remove. So an elision is something left out on purpose, like leaving out small facts to make a story simpler.