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PRONUNCIATION OF LACONICISM

laconicism  [ləˈkɒnɪˌsɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LACONICISM

noun
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verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Laconicism is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LACONICISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

laconicism

Laconic phrase

A laconic phrase is a concise or terse statement, named after Laconia, the region of Greece including the city of Sparta. Similarly, a laconism is a figure of speech in which someone uses very few words to express an idea, in keeping with the Spartan reputation for verbal austerity.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LACONICISM


aestheticism
iːsˈθɛtɪˌsɪzəm
asceticism
əˈsɛtɪˌsɪzəm
Catholicism
kəˈθɒlɪˌsɪzəm
classicism
ˈklæsɪˌsɪzəm
criticism
ˈkrɪtɪˌsɪzəm
cynicism
ˈsɪnɪˌsɪzəm
eclecticism
ɪˈklɛktɪˌsɪzəm
empiricism
ɛmˈpɪrɪˌsɪzəm
eroticism
ɪˈrɒtɪˌsɪzəm
fanaticism
fəˈnætɪˌsɪzəm
historicism
hɪˈstɒrɪˌsɪzəm
lyricism
ˈlɪrɪˌsɪzəm
mosaicism
məʊˈzeɪɪˌsɪzəm
mysticism
ˈmɪstɪˌsɪzəm
narcissism
ˈnɑːsɪˌsɪzəm
neoclassicism
ˌniːəʊˈklæsɪˌsɪzəm
neuroticism
njʊˈrɒtɪˌsɪzəm
romanticism
rəʊˈmæntɪˌsɪzəm
scholasticism
skəˈlæstɪˌsɪzəm
witticism
ˈwɪtɪˌsɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LACONICISM

lackland
lackluster
lacklustre
Laclos
lacmus
Laconia
Laconian
laconic
laconical
laconically
laconism
lacquer
lacquer tree
lacquered
lacquerer
lacquering
lacquerware
lacquerwork
lacquey
lacrimal

WORDS THAT END LIKE LACONICISM

agnosticism
Anglicism
anti-Catholicism
athleticism
didacticism
esotericism
exoticism
hermeticism
higher criticism
homoeroticism
literary criticism
monasticism
new criticism
peripateticism
racism
Roman Catholicism
scepticism
self-criticism
skepticism
stoicism
textual criticism

Synonyms and antonyms of laconicism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «laconicism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LACONICISM

Find out the translation of laconicism to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of laconicism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «laconicism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

laconicism
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

laconismo
570 millions of speakers

English

laconicism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

laconicism
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

laconicism
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

лаконичность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

laconismo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বাকসংযম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

laconisme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Laconicism
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Lakonie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

laconicism
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

laconicism
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Laconicism
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

laconicism
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

laconicism
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लॅकोन्सीझम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

laconicism
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

laconicità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

laconicism
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

лаконічність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

laconicism
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

laconicism
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

laconicism
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

laconicism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

laconicism
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of laconicism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LACONICISM»

The term «laconicism» is barely ever used and occupies the 197.954 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LACONICISM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about laconicism

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LACONICISM»

Discover the use of laconicism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to laconicism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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英语词源浅析:
II . laconic; cog-; loqu-; magn-; verb-... laconic) (Laconia), Laconia a. with characteristic laconicness (/la'konikms/) b. her usual laconicity (Alaeksn'nisiti/) c. his habitual laconism C/'laekanizsm/) d. with unusual laconicism (/la'konisizsm/) ...
翁燕珩, 2003
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Isms: From Autoeroticism to Zoroastrianism--an Irreverent ...
LACONICISM I ---{WI-IAT IT MEANS Aterse or succinct expression; a laconic expression. Laconic Greeks? Not At My Local Diner Laconicism comes from the word laconic, first recorded in 1589, meaning “abrupt, succinct.” The term is derived ...
Gregory Bergman, 2006
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The Men with the Movie Camera: The Poetics of Visual Style ...
The linear emphasis, the careful manipulation and choreographing of human movement within the frame to accentuate graphic imperatives, the laconicism and absence of decorativeness, the degree of expressivity, and the manipulation of ...
Philip Cavendish, 2013
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The Wordsworth Thesaurus: For Home, Office and Study
... sunny, untroubled, vivacious, windy. brevity n. abruptness, briefness, brusquencss, conciseness, concision, crispness, curtness, economy, ephemerality, evanescence, fugacity, impermanence, incisiveness, laconicism, laconicism, pithiness, ...
Wordsworth, William, 1993
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One Must Not Go Altogether with the Tide: The Letters of ...
Preoccupation of the narrator, to render every vibration of his being” (98). In his letters, Pound demonstrates the “urgent laconicism” (98) that Marinetti describes – or, to put it another way, a laconicism born of ur- gency. For Marinetti, this mode  ...
Miranda B. Hickman, 2011
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The Film Factory: Russian and Soviet Cinema in Documents ...
connection an enormous number of requirements that remain unsatisfied: in the first place, for instance, the requirement for the utmost laconicism in cinema language. Whereas until now we have in our approach to this problem required only ...
Ian Christie, Professor Richard Taylor, Richard Taylor, 2012
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The Germanic Mosaic: Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in ...
Latzina develops a poetic laconicism that left its impact not only on Hodjak, but on an entire generation of Romanian-German poets. One central poem in Siebenbiirgische Sprechiibung is entitled "Widerliche Erkenntnis" ["Repugnant ...
Carol Blackshire-Belay, 1994
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Diamond Gem English Dictionary
laconicism lambaste laconicism n. quality of being laconic. lacquer' n. juice ot the lacquer tree; varnish of lac and alchohol for coating brass etc. lacquer2 v.f. to cover with lacquer, to varnish. lactate v. i. to secrete milk. lactation n. secretion or  ...
Dr. Baljit Singh
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Becoming American Jews: Temple Israel of Boston
Solomon Schindler, “Laconicism—B,” Sermon delivered at Congregation Adath Israel, 10 March 1877, in Solomon Schindler, “Sermons, Vol. 2, December 1867– Dec. 1877,” esp. 29–32 (handwritten manuscript in Solomon Schindler Papers, ...
Meaghan Dwyer-Ryan, Susan L. Porter, Lisa Fagin Davis, 2009
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Dimitry's Shade: A Reading of Alexander Pushkin's Boris Godunov
This is his extreme laconicism. It is precisely this that constitutes the principal difficulty for the performers in Pushkin's plays. The actor has to possess the suppleness of a virtuoso, the ability to give immense expressiveness to a brief line, and to ...
J. Douglas Clayton, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LACONICISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term laconicism is used in the context of the following news items.
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Frontiersman and Frontiersboy
In its best moments, Slow West manages to take the piss out of genre-mandated laconicism without losing sight of why we like it. At other times ... «Santa Fe Reporter, May 15»
2
Weekly Wibble: the boy done good
Visconti taps him gently on the shoulder and with patented Italian laconicism gestures ahead to the celebrating Formolo. Euphoria! Clarke has ... «Rouleur, May 15»
3
A pair of curmudgeons in 'Northern Borders'
None of which fazes her grandson who — either because he inherited his grandfather's laconicism or because any other response is out of ... «Boston Globe, Apr 15»
4
Better Call Saul S1.06 – "Five-O" review
Given a chance to show that there are more strings to his bow than taciturn menace and world-weary laconicism, Banks bats it out of the park. «GamesRadar, Mar 15»
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Articulate Silences, Ambient Sounds #23
... or 'Guildford', but there's also something of Brian Eno's early ambient works in the breezy laconicism of 'Wood Green' and 'Ruislip'. «Drowned In Sound, Feb 15»
6
Obama Calls On Harvard Alma Mater to 'Spread Around' $1.5 Billion …
Though once a man of few words, Obama has since been super-cured of his erstwhile laconicism. Scott Ott co-hosts a news, commentary and ... «PJ Media, Jan 15»
7
The mess arrives
As portrayed by the iconic actor Tommy Lee Jones, Bell is a veteran Texas lawman of wry laconicism who, over the course of the film, comes to ... «Weld for Birmingham, Dec 14»
8
Her Own Best Disputant
The first, directed with a matching neurotic laconicism by Herbert Ross, was “Play It Again, Sam;” after that, she played the goose-brained girl of ... «The New Yorker, Sep 14»
9
J. Mascis: “I was brattier when I was younger, more annoyed by …
The Dinosaur Jr frontman is just as famous for his uncomfortably long silences and impenetrable laconicism as he is for his world-class guitar ... «DIY Magazine, Aug 14»
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Gold plated iPhones: specially for Kazakhstan
"Together, these elements form an unusual ensemble that combines oriental splendor and rich history with modern laconicism," the authors of ... «Tengrinews, Aug 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Laconicism [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/laconicism>. May 2024 ».
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