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Definition of physiognomist in English: physiognomistnoun ˌfɪzɪˈɒ(ɡ)nəmɪst A person supposedly able to judge character (or, formerly, to predict the future) from facial characteristics. 观相家，相面师 Example sentencesExamples - In sum, physiognomists recognized the face as an index of emotion and character; and physiognomy offered a way of conceptualizing these particular observations in terms of general categories or theories.
- It's a finding that would please physiognomists of the 1800s, who thought facial attributes revealed human character.
- If such a prostitute gave birth to a child, they collected some money for her and they called in a physiognomist to determine the father of that child.
- There were coffee houses which offered fortune tellers, palmists, physiognomists, job counselors and origami instructors.
- I raised myself to a more upright position befitting a solemn physiognomist and a counseller and leaned forward.
- For this reason, the ancient physiognomists looked at the study of the eyes as a fundamental task to ascertain or describe a person's character.
- In this circumscribed area, then, it may be surmised how the great physiognomists - and collectors are the physiognomists of the world of objects - turn into interpreters of fate.
- Lavater, who wrote fragments on physiognomy, and who styles himself a fragment of a physiognomist, maintains that physiognomy exists as a true science.
OriginLate 16th century: from Old French physionomiste. Rhymesagronomist, autonomist, economist, ergonomist Definition of physiognomist in US English: physiognomistnoun A person supposedly able to judge character (or, formerly, to predict the future) from facial characteristics. 观相家，相面师 Example sentencesExamples - Lavater, who wrote fragments on physiognomy, and who styles himself a fragment of a physiognomist, maintains that physiognomy exists as a true science.
- In this circumscribed area, then, it may be surmised how the great physiognomists - and collectors are the physiognomists of the world of objects - turn into interpreters of fate.
- For this reason, the ancient physiognomists looked at the study of the eyes as a fundamental task to ascertain or describe a person's character.
- There were coffee houses which offered fortune tellers, palmists, physiognomists, job counselors and origami instructors.
- It's a finding that would please physiognomists of the 1800s, who thought facial attributes revealed human character.
- If such a prostitute gave birth to a child, they collected some money for her and they called in a physiognomist to determine the father of that child.
- I raised myself to a more upright position befitting a solemn physiognomist and a counseller and leaned forward.
- In sum, physiognomists recognized the face as an index of emotion and character; and physiognomy offered a way of conceptualizing these particular observations in terms of general categories or theories.
OriginLate 16th century: from Old French physionomiste. |