expressive aphasia

[ ik-spres-ivuh-fey-zhuh ]

/ ɪkˈsprɛs ɪv əˈfeɪ ʒə /

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noun

a language production disorder, usually caused by a stroke or neurodegenerative disease, and characterized by impairment of language competence in articulation, productive phonology, morphology, syntax, or semantics.

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Origin of expressive aphasia

First recorded in 1910–15

Words nearby expressive aphasia

express delivery, expression, Expressionism, expression mark, expressive, expressive aphasia, expressivity, expressly, Express Mail, expressman, expresso

How to use expressive aphasia in a sentence

The instrumental view of culture has it wrong, she argues, and should be replaced with what she calls an “expressive view.”
The Insane Swedish Plan to Rate Games for Sexism|Nick Gillespie|November 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Robin Williams, as I knew him, was warm, gentle, expressive, nurturing, and brilliant.
Mara Wilson Remembers Robin Williams: We're All His Goddamn Kids|Mara Wilson|August 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
With me, finding out how expressive people could be in music really saved me.
La Roux Discusses New Album ‘Trouble in Paradise,’ the 5-Year Gap, and Embracing Her Androgyny|Marlow Stern|July 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Bitcoin serves a purpose that is at once expressive and purposeful.
Bitcoin Forever!|Nick Gillespie|February 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST

He combines fabrics and textures and prints in a very expressive way.
The ‘American Hustle’ Style Guide|Erin Cunningham|February 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The rightly cultivated expressive voice is the man—speaking.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick
Mrs. Kaye's expressive eyes, which had dwelt on Isabel with flattering attention, fell to the tip of her cigarette.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
The circle around did not exactly contradict him, but exhibited expressive appearances of incredulity.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
The two most pleasing, expressive, and powerful single instruments of music are the human voice and the violin.
Violins and Violin Makers|Joseph Pearce
He was also the inventor of "Poikilorgue," an expressive organ, which was the origin of the harmonium.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building|George Laing Miller