Stylometry
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A statistical method of analyzing a text to determine its author. uncountable
"Stylometry is a tool to be used when external evidence is lacking and the solution to the problem must come from the study of the texts which present the problem. Stylometry is therefore particularly useful in classical studies, especially for Greek texts which were written and reproduced by hand in an era when the rights of authors were limited, […]."
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More examples"Stylometry is a tool to be used when external evidence is lacking and the solution to the problem must come from the study of the texts which present the problem. Stylometry is therefore particularly useful in classical studies, especially for Greek texts which were written and reproduced by hand in an era when the rights of authors were limited, […]."
Etymology
From style + -o- + -metry.
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