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has glosseng: Chironomia is the art of using gesticulations or hand gestures to good effect in traditional rhetoric or oratory. Effective use of the hands, with or without the use of the voice, is a practice of great antiquity, which was developed and systematized by the Greeks and the Romans. Various gestures had conventionalized meanings which were commonly understood, either within certain class or professional groups, or broadly among dramatic and oratorical audiences.
lexicalizationeng: Chironomia
instance of(noun) the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
gesture, motion
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Polish
has glosspol: Chironomia (gr. cheir = dłoń) - złożony system gestykulacji łączący rytm i ruch, rozwinięty przez starożytnych Greków.
lexicalizationpol: Chironomia
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