nonexpression

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noun

Absence of emotional expression.

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Meanings

nounnonexpression (countable and uncountable, plural nonexpressions)

plural nonexpressions

  1. countableuncountableAbsence 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. countableuncountableThat which is not a logical or mathematical expression.

Origin

From non- + expression.

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APA

nonexpression. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonexpression

MLA

“nonexpression.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonexpression. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonexpression,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonexpression.

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