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paralinguistic

American

[par-uh-ling-gwis-tik] / ˌpær ə lɪŋˈgwɪs tɪk /

adjective

of or relating to paralanguage or paralinguistics.

Etymology

Origin of paralinguistic

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

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