Physiognomy

/fˌɪzɪˈɒɡnəmi/

/fˌɪzɪˈɑːɡnəmi/

Physiognomy

the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British)

Examples

1. Unfortunately, physiognomy will not disappear from our lives.

2. Physiognomy is the assessment of a person's character by looking at their face or body.

3. Physiognomy has a very long history with the first documents dating back to Aristotle's time.

4. Now, interestingly enough in the early 20th century people no longer talk about physiognomy they talk about character analysis.