kinesics

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• Received-Pronunciation: /kɪˈniːsɪks/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /kaɪ-/
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• General-American: /kəˈnisɪks/
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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κῑ́νησῐς (kī́nēsĭs, “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 (Kī́nēsĭs) is derived from κῑνέω (kīnéō, “to set in motion, move”) (from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (“to be lying down; to settle”)) + -σῐς (-sĭs, suffix forming abstract nouns or nouns of action, process, or result). Compare kinesia and kinesic.

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: kinesiikka — study of non-verbal communication by means of gestures and/or other body movements
• Macedonian: кине́зија (kinézija) — study of non-verbal communication by means of gestures and/or other body movements
• Spanish: kinesia — study of non-verbal communication by means of gestures and/or other body movements
• Spanish: kinésica — study of non-verbal communication by means of gestures and/or other body movements
• Spanish: cinésica — study of non-verbal communication by means of gestures and/or other body movements
• Welsh: cineseg — study of non-verbal communication by means of gestures and/or other body movements
• Finnish: elekieli — such non-verbal communication
• Finnish: kinesiikka — such non-verbal communication
• Spanish: kinesia — such non-verbal communication
• Spanish: kinésica — such non-verbal communication
• Spanish: cinésica — such non-verbal communication
• Welsh: cineseg — such non-verbal communication