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[ adjective ] being other than verbal communication
Synonyms Examples "the study of gestural communication" "art like gesture is a form of nonverbal expression" Used in print (Harold Searles, "Schizophrenic Communication,"...)Here a variety of meanings and emotions are concentrated , or reduced , in their communicative expression , to some comparatively simple seeming verbal or nonverbal statement . Sometimes it is not a verbal stereotype - a `` How are you now '' ? or an `` I want to go_home '' , or whatever - but a nonverbal one which reveals itself , gradually , as the condensed expression of more than one latent meaning . Of all the possible forms of nonverbal expression , that which seems best to give release , and communicational expression , to complex and undifferentiated feelings is laughter . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] concerned with numbers rather than words
Examples "the numerical part of the test" "the nonverbal factor" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] lacking verbal skill
Examples "rural students often come from nonverbal backgrounds" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] involving little use of language
Examples "a nonverbal intelligence test" Related terms |
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