ademán

Definitions of ademán
  1. noun
    social deportment
    synonyms: educación, forma, manera, modales
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    comportamiento, conducta
    (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people
  2. noun
    the arrangement of the body and its limbs
    synonyms: actitud, postura
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    extensión
    an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about
    posicionamiento, postura
    standing posture
  3. noun
    a rationalized mental attitude
    synonyms: actitud, postura
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    criterio, punto de vista, vertiente, óptica
    a mental position from which things are viewed
    enfoque, perspectiva, punto de vista
    a biased way of looking at or presenting something
    type of:
    disposición, postura
    a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways
  4. noun
    the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
    synonyms: gesticulación, gesto
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    gesto, seña, señal
    a gesture that is part of a sign language
    encogimiento de hombros
    a gesture involving the shoulders
    signo de la victoria
    a sign (for victory); making a V with the index and middle fingers
    inclinación
    bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting
    señal de la cruz
    a gesture with the right hand moving to form a cross; used by Catholics as a profession of faith
    reverencia
    bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women
    coco, gesticulación, gesto, guiño, hocico, mohín, morisqueta, mueca, visaje
    a contorted facial expression
    capote, ceño, ceño fruncido, entrecejo, esguince, gesto, jeta, regaño, sobrecejo, sobreceño
    a facial expression of dislike or displeasure
    rictus, sonreír, sonrisa
    a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
    genuflexión
    the act of bending the knees in worship or reverence
    reverencia china
    a former Chinese custom of touching the ground with the forehead as a sign of respect or submission
    raedura, raspado, rasura
    a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility)
    reverencia
    a deep bow; a Muslim form of salutation
    type of:
    comunicación visual
    communication that relies on vision
  5. noun
    an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object
    synonyms: moción, movimiento
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