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laconization

laconization noun: the practice, or an instance, of making something more Spartan in character.

Noun

laconization (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The practice, or an instance, of making something more Spartan in character.
    • The phrase, “The rule of one is best”, is a laconization of this verse in Homer "there is no good in having many rulers; let only one ruler be, one king".2011, W. Lindsay Wheeler, Macrocosm/Microcosm in Doric Thought
    • The strange appearance of these words, and others like them, is due to a combination of laconization and a tendency in koinē to omit the omicron in the final syllables of words ending in -ιος (ios) or -ιος (ion).2000, Nigel M. Kennell, The Gymnasium of Virtue: Education and Culture in Ancient Sparta, The University of North Carolina Press, (unpaginated)

Examples of laconization in a sentence

  • Inadvertently, however, oligarchs had overlooked the one major flaw in their laconization policy which the radicals seized upon to whip them into tacit agreement on imperialism.1985, Jeremiah Reedy, Apophoreta: Latin & Greek Studies in Honor of Grace L. Beede, Bolchazy Carducci Publications - Literary Collections...
  • If we compare this situation with the Dark Age, it seems appropriate to speak of a thorough cultural Laconization of Messenia.2012, Kurt A. Raaflaub, Hans van Wees, Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World - A Companion to Archaic Greece, Wiley-Blackwell...

Origin of laconization

From laconize + -ation.

Questions about laconization

What does laconization mean?
Laconization means the practice, or an instance, of making something more Spartan in character.
How do you use laconization in a sentence?
Inadvertently, however, oligarchs had overlooked the one major flaw in their laconization policy which the radicals seized upon to whip them into tacit agreement on imperialism.
What part of speech is laconization?
Laconization is a noun.

Words near laconization in the dictionary

  1. laconicly
  2. laconicum
  3. laconism
  4. laconisms
  5. laconist
  6. laconization
  7. laconize
  8. laconized
  9. laconizes
  10. laconizing
  11. Lacono-

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