Wiktionary:Word of the day/2023/September 29

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Word of the day
for September 29
kinesics n (linguistics)
  1. The study of non-verbal communication by means of gestures and/or other body movements.
  2. Such non-verbal communication.

The American anthropologist Ray L. Birdwhistell, who coined the word, was born on this day 105 years ago in 1918.

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