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body language

noun

Definitions

  1. Nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture,…

    Nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like; often thought to be involuntary.

    • The one question is whether Paul Pogba was taken off just before half-time to rest him or because of a problem. The midfielder’s body language suggested it was the former and he appeared on the pitch after the final whistle.

  2. Deliberate, usually culturally influenced, nonverbal communication using the body through…

    Deliberate, usually culturally influenced, nonverbal communication using the body through facial expressions, gestures, dance, mime, etc.

    • There are, however, body languages that can transcend cultural lines.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for body language. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA