Definitions for facial expression
fa·cial ex·pres·sion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 3 votes

1. facial expression, facial gesturenoun

   a gesture executed with the facial muscles

2. expression, look, aspect, facial expression, facenoun

   the feelings expressed on a person's face

   "a sad expression"; "a look of triumph"; "an angry face"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.7 / 6 votes

1. facial expressionnoun

   The expression or countenance that seems to an onlooker to be represented by the appearance of a person's face, resulting from specific use of that person's facial muscles.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Facial expression

   A facial expression is one or more motions or positions of the muscles beneath the skin of the face. According to one set of controversial theories, these movements convey the emotional state of an individual to observers. Facial expressions are a form of nonverbal communication. They are a primary means of conveying social information between humans, but they also occur in most other mammals and some other animal species. (For a discussion of the controversies on these claims, see Fridlund and Russell & Fernandez Dols.) Humans can adopt a facial expression voluntarily or involuntarily, and the neural mechanisms responsible for controlling the expression differ in each case. Voluntary facial expressions are often socially conditioned and follow a cortical route in the brain. Conversely, involuntary facial expressions are believed to be innate and follow a subcortical route in the brain. Facial recognition is often an emotional experience for the brain and the amygdala is highly involved in the recognition process. The eyes are often viewed as important features of facial expressions. Aspects such as blinking rate can possibly be used to indicate whether a person is nervous or whether he or she is lying. Also, eye contact is considered an important aspect of interpersonal communication. However, there are cultural differences regarding the social propriety of maintaining eye contact or not. Beyond the accessory nature of facial expressions in spoken communication between people, they play a significant role in communication with sign language. Many phrases in sign language include facial expressions in the display. There is controversy surrounding the question of whether facial expressions are a worldwide and universal display among humans. Supporters of the Universality Hypothesis claim that many facial expressions are innate and have roots in evolutionary ancestors. Opponents of this view question the accuracy of the studies used to test this claim and instead believe that facial expressions are conditioned and that people view and understand facial expressions in large part from the social situations around them. Moreover, facial expressions have a strong connection with personal psychology. Some psychologists have the ability to discern hidden meaning from a person's facial expression.A 2020 study on "emotion residue" found that even when study participants attempted to make neutral facial expressions, their faces still retained emotion residue from prior expressions, and these prior expressions were able to be detected by observers.One experiment investigated the influence of gaze direction and facial expression on face memory. Participants were shown a set of unfamiliar faces with either happy or angry facial expressions, which were either gazing straight ahead or had their gaze averted to one side. Memory for faces that were initially shown with angry expressions was found to be poorer when these faces had averted as opposed to direct gaze, whereas memory for individuals shown with happy faces was unaffected by gaze direction. It is suggested that memory for another individual's face partly depends on an evaluation of the behavioural intention of that individual.

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1. facial expression

   Facial expression is a form of non-verbal communication where emotions, thoughts or intentions are conveyed through movements or positions of the facial muscles, such as the eyebrows, eyes, nose, cheek, lips, and overall facial shape. These expressions can portray a wide range of emotions, including happiness, sadness, anger, surprise, fear, and disgust.

WikidataRate this definition:4.4 / 8 votes

1. Facial expression

   A facial expression is one or more motions or positions of the muscles beneath the skin of the face. These movements convey the emotional state of an individual to observers. Facial expressions are a form of nonverbal communication. They are a primary means of conveying social information between humans, but they also occur in most other mammals and some other animal species. Humans can adopt a facial expression voluntarily or involuntarily, and the neural mechanisms responsible for controlling the expression differ in each case. Voluntary facial expressions are often socially conditioned and follow a cortical route in the brain. Conversely, involuntary facial expressions are believed to be innate and follow a subcortical route in the brain. Facial recognition is often an emotional experience for the brain and the amygdala is highly involved in the recognition process. The eyes are often viewed as important features of facial expressions. Aspects such as blinking rate can be used to indicate whether or not a person is nervous or whether or not he or she is lying. Also, eye contact is considered an important aspect of interpersonal communication. However, there are cultural differences regarding the social propriety of maintaining eye contact or not.

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Facial Expression

   Observable changes of expression in the face in response to emotional stimuli.

Matched Categories

1. • Countenance
   • Gesture

How to pronounce facial expression?

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 facial expression in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of facial expression in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of facial expression in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of facial expression in a Sentence

1. Thomas Yoxall:

   I yell out to the suspect to stop, I said' get off him !' his facial expression, the look in his eye( was)' evil' if I had to put a word on it.

2. Phillip McGraw:

   Facial expression, body language and reactions to different questions or subject matters are all available for an attentive virtual therapist.

3. Demetrius Griffin:

   He let off eight rounds, reloaded, let off another eight, reloaded again, he was very docile. In his facial expression, no smiling, laughing, talking.

4. Photographer Jonathan Bachman:

   She had no facial expression at all. She just stood there.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=facial expression
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Facial_Expression
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facial_Expression
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=facial expression