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affect displays

affect displays is the plural of affect display.

Meaning of affect display

Noun

affect display (plural affect displays)

  1. External show of emotion or affect, such as by voice, expression, gesture, or posture, whether voluntary or not.
    • We are not satisfied with this account (it is particularly weak in explaining the facial affect display of happiness) but Darwin also had trouble with […].1970, Paul Ekman et al., “The Repertoire of Non-verbal Behavior”, in Mouton Classics: From Syntax to Cognition, from Phonology to Text, page 843

Questions about affect displays

What is affect displays the plural of?
Affect displays is the plural of affect display.

Words near affect displays in the dictionary

  1. affeared
  2. affearing
  3. affears
  4. affect
  5. affect display
  6. affect displays
  7. affectabilities
  8. affectability
  9. affectable
  10. affectated
  11. affectation

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