nonverbal behaviour
wordless interpersonal communication, based on posture, expression, gestures, both conscious and unconscious, also 'body language'.
'Our nonverbal behaviour affects how we are seen by others.'
'Nonverbal behaviour of politicians is meticulously thought out by public relations specialists.'
high-power poses
open postures, expressing dominance, power and confidence. High-power poses usually include stretching out, spreading arms, taking up space etc. The opposite are low-power poses.
'Comic book superheroes are usually presented in high-power poses, except Spiderman.'
'If you don't want to show how nervous you are, better try high-power poses.'
a person's willingness to accept an action with uncertain payoff, e.g. investment, gambling. A person with a higher risk tolerance is more probable to take risky actions, like playing for high stakes. Level of risk tolerance may indicate other person's traits, like conservativeness, aggressiveness or confidence.
'Grace had a high risk tolerance but, unfortunately, she had never been lucky, so she enden up with debts.'
'I wouldn't make a good investor, my risk tolerance is quite low.'
term introduced by Marianne LaFrance, methaphorical way to describe a situation when a person is stuck in a long, unpleasant and pointless conversation with no way out. There are also other hybrids of the phrase, like 'standing in digital quicksand'.
'I felt hemmed in by her, she just wouldn't let go, I could do nothing but stand in this social quicksand.'
'I hate standing in social quicksand, I can't understand why people tend to make things so unpleasant.'
internalize
to make something (values, attitude, beliefs, cultural pattern) personal, embed it into one's identity as an integral, important part of it.
'Two years after coming to Marrakesh, I finally internalized cultural patterns of the local inhabitants.'
'Internalising group's eating habits was hard for Tony, as he was the only parrot amongst all those cats.'
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