🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

表現力

Pronunciation / Transliteration: hyōgenryoku

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Expressiveness/ɪkˈsprɛs.ɪv.nəs/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"彼女のダンスには素晴らしい表現力があります。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The quality of effectively conveying meaning, feeling, or ideas, especially through artistic or communicative mediums.

    "The remarkable expressiveness of the pianist's performance deeply moved the audience."
  2. 2

    The capability of a language, system, or medium to express a wide range of ideas or concepts.

    "The new programming language is praised for the expressiveness of its syntax."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the adjective 'expressive', combining the Latin root 'expressus' (pressed out, clear) with the suffix '-ive', and further suffixed with the Old English nominalizing suffix '-ness'. First appearing in the mid-19th century, it evolved to denote the quality of effectively conveying thought, feeling, or character.

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