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expressivity

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ex·pres·siv·i·ty  (kspr-sv-t)
n. pl. ex·pres·siv·i·ties
1. The quality of being expressive.
2. Genetics The degree to which an expressed gene produces its effects in an organism.
expressivity [ˌɛksprɛˈsɪvɪtɪ]
n
1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) (esp of a work of art) the quality of being expressive
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Genetics) Genetics the strength of the effect of a gene on the phenotype


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The metaphor/imagery instruction produced definite changes in expressivity, but not always in the direction that the experts intended.
What's new in pedagogy research? by Johnson, Rebecca / American Music Teacher
As an adult, her distrust of expressivity was shared by the minimalists of her time--of whom her lover Robert Morris was a key figure.
The woman who changed everything: Yvonne Rainer tells her story by Perron, Wendy / Dance Magazine
What almost all of these boundary-crossing artists had in common was a sense of the need to reexamine and challenge the fundamental suppositions upon which the separate arts were based, and one of the most basic suppositions that came under question was the expectation of subjective expressivity.
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