expressivity

[ek-spre-siv-i-tee]

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noun

the quality or state of being expressive.

Genetics. the degree to which a particular gene produces its effect in an organism.

Compare penetrance.

Origin of expressivity

From the German word Expressivität, dating back to 1930–35. See expressive, -ity

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Related Words for expressivity

articulacy, articulateness, articulation, diction, expressiveness, fluency, loquacity, oration, oratory, rhetoric

British Dictionary definitions for expressivity

expressivity

noun

(esp of a work of art) the quality of being expressive

genetics the strength of the effect of a gene on the phenotype

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