facial expression
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]facial expression (countable and uncountable, plural facial expressions)
- (A particular) configuration of the facial muscles that conveys certain emotions or intentions.
- 1883, David Christie Murray, Hearts, Volume 3, page 2:
- But the yokel, being a yokel, was not good at the reading of facial expression, and only knew that a remarkably fine woman had gone by smiling.
- 1989 July 18, Daniel Goleman, “A Feel-Good Theory: A Smile Affects Mood”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
- The theory does not propose that facial expressions are more important than thoughts or memories in prompting emotions. But it points to the physiology of facial expression as a cause of emotions in its own right.
- 2003, Paul Collins, Sixpence House, page 140:
- The sullen clerk there did not return my greetings or my farewell, did not say a word, and did not show a single facial expression except irritation that I had interrupted his customerless routine.
- 2014 March 21, Richard A[lan] Friedman, “Don’t Worry, Get Botox”, in The New York Times[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 March 2014:
- The Botox studies, by contrast, suggest a circuit between the brain and the muscles of facial expression in which the brain monitors the emotional valence of the face and responds by generating the appropriate feeling.
- 2017, Jennifer S. Holland, For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival., National Geographic (March 2017)[2]
- Facial expressions convey moods: Ritualized yawning—which starts with an oval mouth that breaks into a gaping one as the animal flings its head back—suggests tension.
Synonyms
[edit]- See also Thesaurus:facial expression
Translations
[edit]expression or countenance that seems to an onlooker to be represented by the appearance of a person's face — see also look
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Further reading
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facial expression on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
