Body-language
nonverbal, usually unconscious, communication through the use of postures, gestures, facial expressions, and the like.
Contemporary Examples
What McCain Was Really Saying News Shrink October 7, 2008
noun
the nonverbal imparting of information by means of conscious or subconscious bodily gestures, posture, etc
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