"laconization" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: laconize + -ation Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|laconize|ation}} laconize + -ation Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} laconization (uncountable)
  1. (rare) The practice, or an instance, of making something more Spartan in character. Tags: rare, uncountable
    Sense id: en-laconization-en-noun-e86XKWj5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ation

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          "ref": "2012, Kurt A. Raaflaub, Hans van Wees, Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World - A Companion to Archaic Greece, Wiley-Blackwell, (unpaginated)",
          "text": "If we compare this situation with the Dark Age, it seems appropriate to speak of a thorough cultural Laconization of Messenia."
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          "ref": "1998, Robert J. Buck, Historia: Thrasybulus and the Athenian Democracy: The Life of an Athenian Statesman - Einzelschriften - Issue 120, Franz Steiner Verlag Stuttgart, page 63",
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