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kɪˈni sɪks, -zɪks, kaɪ-ki·nesics

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  1. kinesicsnoun

    Non-verbal communication by means of gestures, and/or other body movement.

  2. Etymology: * From Greek knsis (movement)

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  1. Kinesics

    Kinesics is the interpretation of body motion communication such as facial expressions and gestures, nonverbal behavior related to movement of any part of the body or the body as a whole. The equivalent popular culture term is body language, a term Ray Birdwhistell, considered the founder of this area of study, neither used nor liked (on the grounds that what can be conveyed with the body does not meet the linguist's definition of language).

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  1. Kinesics

    Kinesics is the interpretation of body language such as facial expressions and gestures — or, more formally, non-verbal behavior related to movement, either of any part of the body or the body as a whole.

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Kinesics

    Systematic study of the body and the use of its static and dynamic position as a means of communication.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of kinesics in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of kinesics in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8


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