The physiognomy of the landscape on the tropical coast is gorgeous.
Source: tatoeba (2415771)
Physiognomy
/fɪziˈɑ(ɡ)nəmi/
Synonyms for "physiognomy" (45 found)
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6 entriescriminal physiognomyface readingfacial featuresoutward appearancepseudoscientific practiceracial physiognomy
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Don't open your mouth, and your physiognomy demonstrates a preoccupation.
Source: tatoeba (7975912)
Known still less than Della Porta is the figure of Camillo Baldi, an early-seventeenth-century Bolognese physician and university professor who advanced the discussion from the study of physiognomy and skull sizes to the study of characteriology based on writing. I am still not sure what to make of this treatise on onychomancy, that is, divining by observing the fingernails, except that he accounted for the practice as an example of the acute application of observational technique to the signs and symbols left by intelligent nature for humans to decipher in view of some benefit.
Source: wiktionary
During a period of peak popularity in the 19ᵗʰ Century, the field of physiognomy became more sinister and racist than its quirky manifestation during the time of ancient Greeks.
Source: wiktionary
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