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nonexpression

nonexpression noun: absence of emotional expression.

Noun

nonexpression (countable and uncountable, plural nonexpressions)

  1. Absence of emotional expression.
    • Everyone who visits now has the same inscrutable nonexpression.2007 October 2, Kent Sepkowitz, M.D., “Behind the Doctors’ Mask, a Little Room to Maneuver”, in New York Times
  2. That which is not a logical or mathematical expression.

Forms of nonexpression

pluralnonexpressions

Origin of nonexpression

From non- + expression.

Questions about nonexpression

What does nonexpression mean?
Nonexpression means absence of emotional expression.
What part of speech is nonexpression?
Nonexpression is a noun.
What is the plural of nonexpression?
The plural of nonexpression is nonexpressions.

Words near nonexpression in the dictionary

  1. nonexpressed
  2. nonexpresser
  3. nonexpressers
  4. nonexpressible
  5. nonexpressing
  6. nonexpression
  7. nonexpressions
  8. nonexpressive
  9. nonexpressor
  10. nonexpressors
  11. nonexpulsion

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