physiognomy

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He aimed to capture the temperament and character of his sitters as revealed by their physiognomy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 2026

“Although Hall never resorts to a cliched impersonation, his suggestion of Nixon’s physiognomy is frequently uncanny, especially in profile.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2022

You can bet actors of every physiognomy – Oldman, Bale, Rockwell, Streep – are already thinking: “I could have a crack at Trump” Film-makers are doubtless considering the options, too.

From The Guardian • Nov. 23, 2020

To an extent, her success was due to physiognomy.

From The New Yorker • May 14, 2019

And the process of naming “the people” has never been a matter of genealogy and physiognomy so much as one of hierarchy.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates