Physiognomy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The art of judging human character from facial features.
  • n. Divination based on facial features.
  • n. Facial features, especially when regarded as revealing character.
  • n. Aspect and character of an inanimate or abstract entity: the physiognomy of New England.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The art or pseudoscience of deducing the predominant temper and other characteristic qualities of the mind from the outward appearance, especially from the features of the face.
  • n. The face or countenance, with respect to the temper of the mind; particular configuration, cast, or expression of countenance, as denoting character.
  • n. The art of telling fortunes by inspection of the features.
  • n. The general appearance or aspect of a thing, without reference to its scientific characteristics; as, the physiognomy of a plant, or of a meteor.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The art and science of discovering the predominant temper, and other characteristic qualities of the mind, by the outward appearance, especially by the features of the face.
  • n. The face or countenance, with respect to the temper of the mind; particular configuration, cast, or expression of countenance, as denoting character.
  • n. The art telling fortunes by inspection of the features.
  • n. The general appearance or aspect of a thing, without reference to its scientific characteristics.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The art of discovering the characteristic qualities of the mind or temper by observation of the form and movements of the face or body, or both. Also physiognomics.
  • n. The face or countenance considered as an index to the mind or disposition; particular configuration, cast, or expression of countenance.
  • n. The art of telling fortunes by inspection of the features.
  • n. The general appearance of anything, as the particular configuration of a landscape; the external aspect, without reference to other characteristics.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British)
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    face    human face   
    Hyponym
    pudding-face    pudding face   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    countenance   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    palmistry    demeanour    countenance    stature    mesmerism   
     
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