body language
nonverbal, usually unconscious, communication through the use of postures, gestures, facial expressions, and the like.
Origin of body language
1- Compare kinesics, paralanguage, proxemics.
Words Nearby body language
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How to use body language in a sentence
For example, how you express your stance might be clearer in person and video chat, because of body language and tone of voice, than with instant messaging.
Breaking old habits: Hybrid-working setups call for different ways of communicating | Jessica Davies | August 27, 2021 | DigidayThe moderator would also check on the chat window, look out for digital raised hands, read the cues and body language on people’s video feeds.
Experimentation, meeting moderators and asynchronous working: What Microsoft has learned from its hybrid-working model | Jessica Davies | August 26, 2021 | DigidayConfident body language, therefore, can be just as important as confident speech.
Exude power and confidence with better body language | John Kennedy | August 13, 2021 | Popular-ScienceLuckily, you only need to focus on a few specific action areas to fine-tune your body language for success.
Exude power and confidence with better body language | John Kennedy | August 13, 2021 | Popular-SciencePhone calls and video chats have removed layers of personality from the job interviewing process, limiting the ability to read body language and erasing the way people behave in office settings from the equation all together.
How job seekers are standing out and staying top of mind during virtual job interviews | Kayleigh Barber | July 30, 2021 | Digiday
By contrast, if body language is any indication, Obama and Xi were getting along rather well.
The officers address individuals in a soft and calm voice, making sure their body language is open and non-threatening.
Police Brutality's Hidden Victims: The Disabled | Elizabeth Heideman | September 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBy recognizing our body language robots can react to the way we feel.
Japan's Robots Are Reading Your Emotions | Angela Erika Kubo, Jake Adelstein | August 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt can be implicit and it can be body language, but it must be clear and unambiguous.
“Most of the time, the body language was very violent towards the sculpture,” Adicéam said.
Since the men did not speak the Indian dialects, sex was a body language.
The Haciendas of Mexico | Paul Alexander BartlettThe kid was up now, body language saying he wanted to get far away, fast.
Makers | Cory Doctorow
British Dictionary definitions for body language
the nonverbal imparting of information by means of conscious or subconscious bodily gestures, posture, etc
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