Synonyms of sententiousness

sententiousness

noun

as in concision

the quality or state of being marked by or using only few words to convey much meaning

the sententiousness of the state's motto, "Live Free or Die," has not rendered it any less controversial

Synonyms & Similar Words

• concision
• conciseness
• shortness
• terseness
• compactness
• crispness
• brevity
• pithiness
• succinctness
• bluntness
• abruptness
• brusqueness
• briefness
• curtness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• prolixity
• diffuseness
• verbosity
• wordiness
• repetitiousness
• tautology
• redundancy
• long-windedness
• periphrasis
• repetitiveness
• pleonasm