Usually means: Non-verbal elements supporting spoken language.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word paralinguistic:

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  1. paralinguistic: Merriam-Webster
  2. paralinguistic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. paralinguistic: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. paralinguistic: Collins English Dictionary
  5. paralinguistic: Wiktionary
  6. paralinguistic: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. paralinguistic: Dictionary.com
  8. Paralinguistic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. paralinguistic: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  Of or pertaining to, or communicated through, paralanguage; of or pertaining to paralinguistics.

Similar:
paralingual, paraverbal, metalinguistic, parapsychological, geolinguistic, pragmalinguistic, linguistic, patholinguistic, interlinguistic, psycholinguistic, more...

Opposite:
linguistic, verbal, spoken, language-based

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pitch, loudness, timbre, rhythm, tempo, more...

Phrases:
paralinguistic communication, more...

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Similar:
paralingual, paraverbal, metalinguistic, parapsychological, geolinguistic, pragmalinguistic, linguistic, patholinguistic, interlinguistic, psycholinguistic, more...

Opposite:
linguistic, verbal, spoken, language-based

Types:
pitch, loudness, timbre, rhythm, tempo, more...

Phrases:
paralinguistic communication, more...



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