Social Behavior
nonverbal communication
non·ver·bal com·mu·ni·ca·tion
Subclass of:
Communication
Definitions related to nonverbal communication:
  • (paralinguistic behavior) Communicative behavior not involving language; e.g., hand gestures or facial expression.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Transmission of emotions, ideas, and attitudes between individuals in ways other than the spoken language.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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