Definitions for body language
body lan·guage

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1. body languagenoun

   communication via the movements or attitudes of the body

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1. body languagenoun

   Nonverbal communication by means of facial expressions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like; often thought to be involuntary.

2. body languagenoun

   Deliberate, usually culturally influenced, nonverbal communication using the body through facial expressions, gestures, dance, mime, etc.

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1. Body language

   Body language is a type of a nonverbal communication in which physical behaviors, as opposed to words, are used to express or convey the information. Such behavior includes facial expressions, body posture, gestures, eye movement, touch and the use of space. Body language exists in both animals and humans, but this article focuses on interpretations of human body language. It is also known as kinesics. Although body language is an important part of communication, most of it happens without conscious awareness. For instance, when your blind date arrives, you may begin to tap your foot nervously without realizing it. Fortunately, by learning more on this topic we can become skilled at understanding other people's posture. Body language must not be confused with sign language, as sign languages are full languages like spoken languages and have their own complex grammar systems, as well as being able to exhibit the fundamental properties that exist in all languages. Body language, on the other hand, does not have a grammar system and must be interpreted broadly, instead of having an absolute meaning corresponding with a certain movement, so it is not a language like sign language, and is simply termed as a "language" due to popular culture. In a society, there are agreed-upon interpretations of particular behavior. Interpretations may vary from country to country, or culture to culture. On this note, there is controversy on whether body language is universal. Body language, a subset of nonverbal communication, complements verbal communication in social interaction. In fact some researchers conclude that nonverbal communication accounts for the majority of information transmitted during interpersonal interactions. It helps to establish the relationship between two people and regulates interaction, but can be ambiguous.

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1. Body language

   Body language is a form of mental and physical ability of human non-verbal communication, consisting of body posture, gestures, facial expressions, and eye movements. Humans send and interpret such signals almost entirely subconsciously. James Borg states that human communication consists of 93 percent body language and paralinguistic cues, while only 7% of communication consists of words themselves; however, Albert Mehrabian, the researcher whose 1960s work is the source of these statistics, has stated that this is a misunderstanding of the findings. Body language may provide clues as to the attitude or state of mind of a person. For example, it may indicate aggression, attentiveness, boredom, relaxed state, pleasure, amusement, and intoxication. Body language is significant to communication and relationships. It is relevant to management and leadership in business and also in places where it can be observed by many people. It can also be relevant to some outside of the workplace. It is commonly helpful in dating, mating, in family settings, and parenting. Although body language is non-verbal or non-spoken, it can reveal a lot about your feelings and meaning to others and also how other others reveal their feelings toward you. Body language signals happen on a conscious and unconscious level.

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1. body language

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How to pronounce body language?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say body language in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of body language in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of body language in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of body language in a Sentence

1. Josh King Madrid:

   Probably one of the often overlooked framing components is body language. The way a question is framed might depend on a variety of factors, including posture, mood, facial gestures, and grin.”

2. Vantage Point founder Morgan Mercer:

   VR allows the employee to see the body language, hear the tone, experience the context of the situation, is John leaning into Sally's space when he makes a specific comment ? What's his tone ? Does she appear uncomfortable ? Those are things you have to see, hear, feel.

3. Sam Cochran:

   My first priority was to lower his voice, i could not outshout him, so I had to use the tone of my voice, which was very quiet, and my body language.

4. David Calhoun:

   The second you get into the office til the second you leave, every interaction is judged, you try to hide anything from everybody and I think your body language becomes perfectly apparent.

5. Glenn Asakawa:

   It looks like it's waving, the body language says it all.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=body language
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Body_Language
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_Language
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=body language