Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

affect display

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.31 in modern English

Syllables: af-fec-t dis-play
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

External show of emotion or affect, such as by voice, expression, gesture, or posture, whether voluntary or not.

Example Sentences

"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 […]."
"[…] Darwin (as is implicit in the title of his book The Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals) saw facial affect display as the external expression of an internal emotional state, […]."
"The marked affect-display, remains, nevertheless, sufficiently similar to the parent's normative emotion expression for the infant to recognize the [….]"
"The face is a particularly rich source for affect display, although other parts of the body may also be involved."

Inflected Forms

affect displays (plural)

Phrases

emotional expression

Frequently Paired Words

emotional expression

Questions

What does affect display mean?: External show of emotion or affect, such as by voice, expression, gesture, or posture, whether voluntary or not.

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