Pantomimik

01:33 Jun 4, 2015 

I can read a dictionary. Dictionaries are helpful, but not neccessarily contextual.

01:16 Jun 4, 2015 

18:17 Jun 3, 2015 

FWIW, the German "Pantomimik" carries the same ambiguity as the English "pantomime" (see e.g. Duden: www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Pantomimik).

16:06 Jun 3, 2015 

and then see what we can do without.
Facial expression, gestures, motor skills/functions, countenance/mien/visage and hand writing -
so we have two counts of facial aspects. Body language or full body expression is not included as such in the list, although it is a vital aspect of the psychology of expressive behaviour.

Mimik, Gestik, Motorik, ***Pantomimik***, Physiognomik und Handschrift

15:52 Jun 3, 2015 

I agree with Alison's concerns about "pantomime" - it has too many other connotations, especially in British English, and just sounds weird.
The problem with Ramey's answer is that, while correct, it's stating the obvious - "expressive gestures are known as body language."
Part of the issue is that we don't have the context - is the sentence beginning "Ausdrucksbewegungen" the text you're translating, Alison? Where is it from, what is the target readership, and what does it say before and after this?
There may be a case to be made for leaving out "Man nennt sie Pantomime".

15:15 Jun 3, 2015 

2 reasons:
Because of the other meaning of "pantomime" in the English-speaking world
Because my source appears to be using the word to refer to the expression of genuine emotion with the whole body (what we usually call "body language")as well as the acting out of emotion using the whole body.
I agree that translating it as "pantomime" (lit. whole expression") is still one possibility. Trouble is "mime" or "mimic" in English implies something non-genuine rather than real expression, whereas the German word doesn't.

15:05 Jun 3, 2015 

I don't follow your reasoning here.