laconicism

His laconicism and intimacy can be considered the marks of a trend; a special genre term has, in fact, already been coined to reflect the way the actors, mostly non-professionals, speak in his films: 'mumblecore'.

Berlinale 2009 - Forum Lineup (The Ultimate List) 2009

Studious in their laconicism, adroit in misanthropism.

Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: February 2006 Archives 2006

Studious in their laconicism, adroit in misanthropism.

Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: Writing 2006

To say the Commedia infinitely astonishes amounts, as far as I'm concerned, to laconicism.

Enciclopedia dantesca, gen. ed. Umberto Bosco, 6 vols (Treccani, 1970-1976) Miglior acque 2007

The linguistic laconicism cannot be carried any further; every trace of embellishment and jingle has been cleared away.

Nobel Prize in Literature 1975 - Presentation Speech 1975

Doctor Rabelais 'model for laconicism, and a moment she stood there with a slight frown.

Under the Rose Frederic Stewart Isham

"If I don't get to liking 'em, I don't care what happens to em," Bill answered with his father's own laconicism.

Dust 1921

"If I don't get to liking 'em, I don't care what happens to em," Bill answered with his father's own laconicism.

Dust Marcet Haldeman-Julius 1914

A single card, upon which were pasted horizontally, vertically and obliquely a number of cut-out figures, deserved to go down in history for its laconicism.

The Quest P��o Baroja 1914

Indeed, it is a sign how little we are truly civilized, that such silence or laconicism as this, can be met constantly outside the class (invariably cunning) of peasants; indeed, among men exercising what we are pleased to call

Hortus Vitae Essays on the Gardening of Life Vernon Lee 1895