Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The art of discovering or judging of character, passions, and inclinations from the lineaments of the body.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare The art of discovering or judging of a man's character, passions. and inclinations from a study of his visible features.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A form of
anthropology based uponvisual observation of thephysical characteristics of thehuman body.
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Examples
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The heavenly fate becomes visible in the body, and can be foreseen by anthroposcopy.
Lunheng 1962
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There are special soi-disant sciences for all these branches: — anthroposcopy, divination, oneiro-mancy, necromancy, etc.
Lunheng 1962
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I am more than delighted to have met you, M. M.x; your work on criminal anthroposcopy has an honored place on my shelves. "
The Yellow Claw Sax Rohmer 1921
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