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Definition of Expressive

Expressive
Expressive Ex*press"ive, a. [Cf. F. expressif.] 1. Serving to express, utter, or represent; indicative; communicative; -- followed by of; as, words expressive of his gratitude. Each verse so swells expressive of her woes. --Tickell. 2. Full of expression; vividly representing the meaning or feeling meant to be conveyed; significant; emphatic; as, expressive looks or words. You have restrained yourself within the list of too cold an adieu; be more expressive to them. --Shak. Through her expressive eyes her soul distinctly spoke. --Littelton. -- Ex*press"ive*ly,adv. -- Ex*press"ive*ness,n.

Meaning of Expressive from wikipedia

- Look up expressivity, expressive, or expressiveness in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Expressivity, expressiveness, and expressive power may refer to:...
- Expressive aphasia (also known as Broca's aphasia) is a type of aphasia characterized by partial loss of the ability to produce language (spoken, manual...
- The expressive therapies are the use of the creative arts as a form of therapy, including the distinct disciplines expressive arts therapy and the creative...
- Expressive suppression is defined as the intentional reduction of the facial expression of an emotion. It is a component of emotion regulation. Expressive...
- Expressive language disorder is one of the "specific developmental disorders of speech and language" recognized by the tenth edition of the International...
- The expressive function of law is the effect of law to create or validate social norms beyond the fear of punishment. For example, the criminalization...
- Writing therapy is a form of expressive therapy that uses the act of writing and processing the written word in clinical interventions for healing and...
- Explicit knowledge (also expressive knowledge) is knowledge that can be readily articulated, conceptualized, codified, formalized, stored and accessed...
- The Expressive Therapies Continuum (ETC) is a model of creative functioning used in the field of art therapy that is applicable to creative processes both...
- Mixed receptive-expressive language disorder (DSM-IV 315.32) is a communication disorder in which both the receptive and expressive areas of communication...