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physiognomy

[fiz-ee-og-nuh-mee, -on-uh-mee] / ˌfɪz iˈɒg nə mi, -ˈɒn ə mi /


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Such activities include praying to gods and deities, fortunetelling and physiognomy, and consulting spiritual gurus or mystics, according to party commentaries and state media.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026

Eliza, who does not seem to belong there at all, is also hot — hotter than Petey’s former best friend, for even in cartoons, physiognomy is destiny.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2023

But a wondrous portrait of one Simon George, a little-known nobleman from Cornwall, displays Holbein’s incredible ability to forge an individual likeness through both physiognomy and symbols.

From New York Times ● Feb. 10, 2022

“I deal with the physiognomy of the soul of black folk,” said Stevens.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 29, 2019

Aunt Jessie was a devotee of palm reading, one of the “minor superstitions” that was in vogue, along with seances, phrenology, and physiognomy.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman

Linowitz’s fanciful physiognomies peer inside as they bulge outward.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2023

“Avatar” was a thrilling moviegoing experience and a pioneering showpiece for performance-capture technology, which allowed Cameron and his actors to endow their Na’vi characters with astonishingly detailed and lifelike gazes, gestures and physiognomies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2022

By then, Mullins and Ashburn are acting out their own quasi-marital drama of clashing temperaments and contrasting physiognomies.

From New York Times ● Jun. 27, 2013

Craggy, gnarled, lean and tough, with a touch of whimsy, it is one of the most remembered physiognomies in history.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 11, 2013

The minds, dispositions and characters of men are as varied as their physiognomies; grace perfects them little by little but does not change their nature.

From Light and Peace Instructions for devout souls to dispel their doubts and allay their fears by Carlo Giuseppe Quadrupani


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