gestural

Etymology

gesture + -al

adj

  1. Of, pertaining to, or using gestures.
    One critic [Madeleine Schwartz] recently noted that the politics of Rooney’s novels were largely “gestural,” with airy mentions of Gaza or austerity protests but not much radical substance. 2019-04-12, Annalisa Quinn, “The Small Rebellions of Sally Rooney’s Normal People”, in The Atlantic
  2. (art) Relating to gesturalism.

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