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laconism

/lak-uh-niz-uhm/US // ˈlæk əˌnɪz əm //UK // (ˈlækəˌnɪzəm) //

灯塔主义,信条主义,执着主义,执着

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : laconic brevity.
    • : a laconic utterance or sentence.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as insilence
as innoiselessness
as inquietness
as insoundlessness
as inspeechlessness

Examples

  • For a day or two following Devereau's unsatisfactory laconism nothing developed.

  • I am glad you have connected your negotiations and anecdotes; and, I hope, not with your usual laconism.

  • This I shall endeavour to interpret, by developing to the best of my ability the laconism of the philosophical naturalist.

  • His friend obeyed him, more alarmed by Andre's laconism than he could have been by some sudden explosion of passion.

  • This laconism came from the lips of a young man who was walking along the Levee of New Orleans.