Antonyms for laconism
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : lak-uh-niz-uh m |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlæk əˌnɪz əm |
Definition of laconism
- As in silence : noun absence of sound, speech
- As in noiselessness : noun silence
- As in quietness : noun silence
- As in soundlessness : noun silence
- As in speechlessness : noun silence
- She answered other questions with equal firmness and laconism.
- Extract from : « Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. » by Various
- You may, perhaps, imagine that laconism could no further go.
- Extract from : « Friend Mac Donald » by Max O'Rell
- He was the Spartan of Tobymen, and laconism was the short soul of his professional legislation!
- Extract from : « Paul Clifford, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- His friend obeyed him, more alarmed by Andre's laconism than he could have been by some sudden explosion of passion.
- Extract from : « Caught In The Net » by Emile Gaboriau
- This laconism came from the lips of a young man who was walking along the Levee of New Orleans.
- Extract from : « The Free Lances » by Mayne Reid
- This I shall endeavour to interpret, by developing to the best of my ability the laconism of the philosophical naturalist.
- Extract from : « What is Property? » by P. J. Proudhon
Synonyms for laconism
- blackout
- calm
- censorship
- dead air
- death
- dumbness
- hush
- hush-hush
- inarticulateness
- iron curtain
- laconism
- lull
- muteness
- noiselessness
- peace
- quiescence
- quiet
- quietness
- quietude
- quietus
- reserve
- reticence
- saturninity
- secrecy
- sleep
- soundlessness
- speechlessness
- still
- stillness
- sulk
- sullenness
- taciturnity
- uncommunicativeness
- wordlessness
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