as in attitudes
movements or positions of the body that express a person's thoughts or feelings
We could tell from his body language that he was nervous.
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Noun
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The exhibit displays over two centuries of sculptures that show how art has produced and reproduced racial attitudes and ideologies.—
John P. Jackson,
The Conversation,
10 Apr. 2025 -
Again, youth attitudes toward corruption don’t bode well for many of the governments in this year’s elections.—
Richard Aidoo,
The Conversation,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Other Democrats have taken decidedly more combative stances.—
Anthony Izaguirre,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Dec. 2024
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Both sides cite various research studies for their contradictory stances.—
Christopher M. Worsham,
TIME,
20 Dec. 2024
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“Body languages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/body%20languages. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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