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- noun A
gesture made in response to another gesture.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Even in the case of the most passionate lifelong readers, the act of picking up and opening a book masks the countergesture that occurs at the same time: the involuntary act of not picking up and not opening up all the other books in the universe.
Archive 2007-12-01 ____Maggie 2007
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Even in the case of the most passionate lifelong readers, the act of picking up and opening a book masks the countergesture that occurs at the same time: the involuntary act of not picking up and not opening up all the other books in the universe.
How To Talk about Books You Haven't Read (copy) ____Maggie 2007
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"Even in the case of the most passionate lifelong readers, the act of picking up and opening a book masks the countergesture that occurs at the same time: the involuntary act of not picking up and not opening all the other books in the universe."
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