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Subtle expressions occur when a person's emotional response to a situation, to another person or to the environment around them is of low intensity. They also occur when a person is just starting to feel an emotion.

Unlike microexpressions, subtle expressions are not associated with the length of time that they are on the face, but rather with the intensity of the emotion that is occurring.

As their name suggests, subtle expressions are very subtle. Even a slight tightening of the lips can be a reliable sign that someone is angry.

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"Humintell Website" Viewed on August 11, 2009.

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Subtle Expression Definition"

Nonverbal communication

Modalities

Physical	Blushing Body language / Kinesics Body-to-body communication Facial expression Facial Action Coding System Microexpression Subtle expression Gesture List Speech-independent gestures Haptic communication Imitation Interpersonal synchrony Laughter Oculesics Eye contact Pupil dilation Olfaction Posture Proxemics
Speech	Affect Emotional prosody Paralanguage Intonation Loudness Prosody Rhythm Stress Tone Voice quality
Social context	Chronemics Conventions Display rules Habitus High-context and low-context cultures Interpersonal relationship Social norm
Other	Emoticon / Smiley One-bit message Missed call Silent service code
Unconscious	Microexpression Non-verbal leakage
Multi-faceted	Affect display Deception Emotion recognition First impression Intimacy

Broader concepts
Basic interpersonal communicative skills Communication Emotional intelligence Nunchi People skills Semiotics Social behavior Social cue Social competence Social skills Unsaid

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Disorders

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Technology

Key people

Animal communication Behavioral communication Aggressive Assertive Passive Passive-aggressive Impression management Meta-communication Monastic sign lexicons Verbal communication
Non-verbal language	Sign language Tactile signing Tadoma
Art and literature	Mime Mimoplastic art Subtext

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