nonverbal communication
Noun
Meaning
nonverbal communication (countable and uncountable, plural nonverbal communications)
Communication in a form other than written or spoken words, such as gestures, facial expressions or body language.
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Nonverbal communication forms a social language that is in many ways richer and more fundamental than our words.
For example, in a Navajo parenting tool using nonverbal communication, children are initiated at an early age into the practice of an early morning run through any weather condition.
McQuiston and Morris also noted a major difference in men and women’s nonverbal communication.
She believed women were encouraged to be more emotionally expressive in their language, causing them to be more developed in nonverbal communication.
In this lesson, examine ways to read nonverbal communication and practice what law enforcement professionals call “intelligence gathering.”
Unless you know nonverbal communication strategies to establish and maintain rapport and trust with clients, witnesses and juries then you’re fighting an uphill battle.