laconism

Examples

• All

• As Patterson points out, "negation, laconism, displacement, allusiveness, and silence... are ways of making meaning visible in the act of hiding it." 3

  Academic text (2016)

• The laconism of his meticulous writing hardly dissimulates life.

  Fiction book (1997)

• The speaker's laconism impressed the audience, conveying deep ideas in just a few words.

• The poet's use of laconism transformed simple themes into powerful messages.

Synonyms

B

brevity

vslaconism

14 5.3

Using few words when speaking or writing

applies to the same short expression as a speaking or writing style

C

conciseness

vslaconism

1 5.5

Saying something clearly with few words

focuses on the same economy of words as a style

T

terseness

vslaconism

1 6.7

Saying a lot with very few words

is similar but highlights the brief stylistic expression rather than tone

S

succinctness

vslaconism

1 6.3

The quality of expressing ideas clearly using few words

is the general writing style marked by concise or terse expression

L

laconicism

vslaconism

• Formal

9.6

Using only a few words to say something important

is the stylistic label for that same concise quality

T

telegraphese

vslaconism

• Archaic

9.9

A short way of writing that leaves out small words like telegrams

is broader and less extreme, describing concise speaking or writing

B

briefness

vslaconism

3.4

A short time or using few words

in the main sense here focuses on concise expression as a stylistic trait

Antonyms

V

verbosity

1 7.3

Using more words than needed when speaking or writing

E

expansiveness

1 7.0

A large, wide area or an idea that seems impressive

How Brief

laconicism

• Formal

9.6

terseness

1 6.7

laconism

• Formal

9.9

brevity

14 5.3

conciseness

1 5.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology