paralinguistic

[ par-uh-ling-gwis-tik ]

adjective

1. of or relating to paralanguage or paralinguistics.

Word History and Origins

Origin of paralinguistic¹

First recorded in 1955–60; para- ¹ + linguistic

Example Sentences

Conversational AI technology is set up in a way that could succeed if we took that approach at the pragmatic layer—the paralinguistic side of things.

From MIT Technology Review