amimia

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noun

inability to express oneself using facial expressions

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Meanings

nounamimia (countable and uncountable, plural amimias)

plural amimias

  1. countableuncountablemedicineinability to express oneself using facial expressions

    Parkinsonism, at its severest, presents itself as an akinetic amimia (as opposed to certain cortical disorders which are amimic akinesias).

    1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings

Origin

From a- + German Mimik (“facial expressions”) + -ia.

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Translations

Polish amimia
  • amimiainability to express oneself using facial expressions
Portuguese amimia
  • amimiainability to express oneself using facial expressions
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APA

amimia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amimia

MLA

“amimia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amimia. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “amimia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amimia.

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