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kinesics

ki·ne·sics [ ki nssiks, kī nssiks, ki nziks, kī nziks ]


noun 
Definition:
 
study of communication and body language: the study of the ways in which people use body movements such as shrugging to communicate without speaking ( takes a singular verb )

[Mid-20th century. < Greek kinēsis (see kinesis)]
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