concision
con·ci·sion/kənˈsɪʒən/noun
concision is spelled C-O-N-C-I-S-I-O-N: 9 letters and 3 syllables (con·ci·sion). It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 124,184th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, concision means “Synonym of conciseness (“brevity or terseness”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of concision is concisions.
How many letters and syllables are in concision?
| Letters | 9: C-O-N-C-I-S-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: con·ci·sion |
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 124,184th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is concision?
Concision appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 124,184th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce concision?
- /kənˈsɪʒən/
Concision has 3 syllables, split con·ci·sion in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Neøn-concision.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of concision
- concisions plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does concision mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Synonym of conciseness (“brevity or terseness”).
- 2
A form of media censorship where discussions are limited in topics on the basis of broadcast time allotments.
- 3
A cutting off; a division; a schism or faction.
- 4
Mutilation.
- 5
penile mutilation, emasculation (used as a polemical term in Paul's epistles)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does concision come from?
Borrowed from French concision, from Latin concisiō(n).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).