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body language

noun

  1. nonverbal, usually unconscious, communication through the use of postures, gestures, facial expressions, and the like.


body language

noun

  1. the nonverbal imparting of information by means of conscious or subconscious bodily gestures, posture, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of body language1

First recorded in 1925–30
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Example Sentences

Pep Guardiola’s body language provided compelling evidence that he is now facing the closest thing to a crisis since his transitional first season at Manchester City.

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Each woman’s body language responded to the other.

In “Sweetpea” Rhiannon’s body language starts to shift as she commits murders.

Against South Africa in 2023, the body language similarly slumped after things did not got to plan and on the field, they looked like 11 individuals rather than one team.

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If we talk about being accountable, you can't have what we call the BBL – bad body language.

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