Expressivity, expressiveness, and expressive power may refer to: *

Expressivity (genetics) In genetics, expressivity is the degree to which a phenotype is expressed by individuals having a particular genotype. Alternatively, it may refer to the expression of a particular gene by individuals having a certain phenotype. Expressivity is re ...

, variations in a phenotype among individuals carrying a particular genotype *Expressive loan, a type of loanword in

phono-semantic matching Phono-semantic matching (PSM) is the incorporation of a word into one language from another, often creating a neologism, where the word's non-native quality is hidden by replacing it with phonetically and semantically similar words or roots f ...

Expressive power (computer science) In computer science, the expressive power (also called expressiveness or expressivity) of a language is the breadth of ideas that can be represented and communicated in that language. The more expressive a language is, the greater the variety and ...

of a programming language *

Expressive suppression Expressive suppression is defined as the intentional reduction of the facial expression of an emotion. It is a component of emotion regulation. Expressive suppression is a concept "based on individuals' emotion knowledge, which includes knowledge ...

, an aspect of emotion regulation *

Expressive therapies The expressive therapies are the use of the creative arts as a form of therapy, including the distinct disciplines expressive arts therapy and the creative arts therapies (art therapy, Dance therapy, dance/movement therapy, drama therapy, music the ...

, the use of creative arts as therapy *

Expressive timing Expressive timing refers to the musical phenomenon whereby a performer introduces subtle temporal nuances to an otherwise metronomic ("perfectly" timed) interpretation. This is also referred to as ''microtiming'' or ''microrhythm''. For instance, ...

, musical phenomenon * Expressives or ideophones, linguistic word class

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