"kinesics" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /kɪˈniːsɪks/ [Received-Pronunciation], /kaɪ-/ [Received-Pronunciation], /kəˈnisɪks/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-kinesics.ogg [General-American]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κῑ́νησῐς (kī́nēsis, “motion”, noun) + English -ics (suffix forming nouns denoting fields of knowledge or practice), coined by the American anthropologist Ray L. Birdwhistell (1918–1994) in his work Introduction to Kinesics (1952): see the quotation. Κῑ́νησῐς (Kī́nēsis) is derived from κῑνέω (kīnéō, “to set in motion, move”) (from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (“to be lying down; to settle”)) + -σῐς (-sis, suffix forming abstract nouns or nouns of action, process, or result). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱey-|*-tis|*-kos}}, {{lbor|en|grc|κῑ́νησῐς|pos=noun|t=motion}} Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κῑ́νησῐς (kī́nēsis, “motion”, noun), {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{glossary|noun}} noun, {{m|en|-ics|pos=suffix forming nouns denoting fields of knowledge or practice}} -ics (suffix forming nouns denoting fields of knowledge or practice), {{coinage|en|Ray L. Birdwhistell|nat=the American|nobycat=1|nocap=1|occ=anthropologist|w=Ray Birdwhistell}} coined by the American anthropologist Ray L. Birdwhistell, {{m|grc||Κῑ́νησῐς}} Κῑ́νησῐς (Kī́nēsis), {{m|grc|κῑνέω|t=to set in motion, move}} κῑνέω (kīnéō, “to set in motion, move”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*ḱey-|t=to be lying down; to settle}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (“to be lying down; to settle”), {{glossary|abstract noun}} abstract noun, {{m|grc|-σῐς|pos=suffix forming abstract nouns or nouns of action, process, or result}} -σῐς (-sis, suffix forming abstract nouns or nouns of action, process, or result) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} kinesics (uncountable)
  1. The study of non-verbal communication by means of gestures and/or other body movements. Tags: uncountable Translations (study of non-verbal communication by means of gestures and/or other body movements): kinesiikka (Finnish), кине́зија (kinézija) [feminine] (Macedonian), cineseg [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-kinesics-en-noun-xj2pupBb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ics Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 58 42 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ics: 66 34 Disambiguation of 'study of non-verbal communication by means of gestures and/or other body movements': 80 20
  2. Such non-verbal communication. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics Synonyms: body language Translations (such non-verbal communication): elekieli (Finnish), kinesiikka (Finnish), cineseg [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-kinesics-en-noun-o6bqBfx~ Disambiguation of Linguistics: 42 58 Disambiguation of 'such non-verbal communication': 23 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

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