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10 Language-to-English DictionariesEye contact
/ˈaɪ ˌkɒn.tækt/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A situation in which two people look at each other's eyes at the same time.
"Maintaining good eye contact during an interview shows confidence and honesty." - 2
The act of visually engaging another person by meeting their gaze.
"She avoided eye contact because she was feeling extremely shy."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines the noun 'eye' (from Old English 'ēage', of Germanic origin) and the noun 'contact' (derived from Latin 'contactus', meaning 'a touching', from 'contingere'). It emerged in the mid-20th century within the fields of psychology and sociology to describe the communicative act of two people looking into each other's eyes.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Eye contact" is said worldwide
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contact visuel
Transliteration: kõ-takt vi-zɥɛl
"Le contact visuel est important lors d'une conversation."
Blickkontakt
Transliteration: blɪkˌkɔntakt
"Guter Blickkontakt schafft Vertrauen im Gespräch."
contatto visivo
Transliteration: konˈtatto viˈzivo
"Mantenere il contatto visivo dimostra sicurezza."
contacto visual
Transliteration: konˈtakto ˈbiswal
"El contacto visual es fundamental en la comunicación no verbal."
contato visual
Transliteration: kõˈtatu viˈzuaw
"Ele evitou o contato visual durante a reunião."
आँखों का संपर्क
Transliteration: aankhon ka sampark
"बातचीत के दौरान आँखों का संपर्क बनाए रखना महत्वपूर्ण है।"
眼神接触
Transliteration: yǎnshén jiēchù
"在面试中保持眼神接触很重要。"
눈맞춤
Transliteration: nunmatchum
"대화할 때 상대방과 눈맞춤을 하는 것이 좋습니다."
アイコンタクト
Transliteration: aikontakuto
"面接ではアイコンタクトが大切です。"
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