antiverbal

== English == === Etymology === From anti- +‎ verbal. === Adjective === antiverbal (comparative more antiverbal, superlative most antiverbal) (literature, semiotics) Opposing or avoiding the use of speech or words. 1987, Wayne (Chris) Anderson, Style as Argument: Contemporary American Nonfiction (page 5) Though in very different ways, Wolfe, Capote, Mailer, and Didion each define their subjects as somehow beyond words — antiverbal or nonverbal, threatening or sublime, overpowering and intense or private and intuitive […] ==== Related terms ==== averbal ==== Translations ==== == Portuguese == === Etymology === From anti- +‎ verbal. === Pronunciation === === Adjective === antiverbal m or f (plural antiverbais) (literature, semiotics) antiverbal (opposing or avoiding the use of speech or words)