nonverbal expression
Wordless emotional display
Nonverbal expression is communication without words—through facial expressions, gestures, posture, tone of voice, or physical distance.
A shrug, a raised eyebrow, or crossed arms can convey meaning as clearly as speech.
The term appears often in psychology and communication studies: Her nonverbal expression suggested she didn't believe him.
- smilePleased facial expression
- touchingEvoking gentle emotion
- gestureCommunicative body movement
- hand gestureMotion made with fingers
- personal spaceComfort distance around oneself
tone · frown · crowding · posture · crossed arms · sighing · squinting · pitch · raised eyebrows · emblems · laughing · orientation · crying · physical barriers · hugging · nod · hand signals · patting
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Language conveyed through words
speech · verbal communication · spoken word · words · discourse
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