Look up: kinesics

1. kinesics
   Systematic study of the body and the use of its static and dynamic position as a means of communication. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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2. kinesics
   (ki-ne´siks) the scientific study of the role of body movements, such as facial expressions, gestures, and eye movements, in interpersonal communication.
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3. kinesics
   (from the article `ritual`) ...as nonverbal communication disclosing its own structure and semantics. Scholars have only recently turned to a systematic analysis of this ... ...antiquity that body gestures may also generate a vocabulary of communication more or less unique to each culture. Some American scholars have ... [2 related a...
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4. kinesics
   kinesics: see body language.
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5. kinesics
   Type: Term Pronunciation: ki-nē′siks Definitions: 1. The study of nonverbal bodily motion in communication. See: body language
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6. Kinesics
   `Kinesics` is the interpretation of body language such as facial expressions and gestures — or, more formally, non-verbal behavior related to movement, either of any part of the body or the body as a whole. The term was first used (in 1952) by Ray Birdwhistell, an anthropologist who wished to...
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