morphopsychology

noun

The supposed correspondence between facial features and personality.

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Meanings

nounmorphopsychology (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe supposed correspondence between facial features and personality.

    Morphopsychology wasn't described as a pseudo-science by her SVR teachers, however, but simply as an 'alternative' science.

    2011, Alex Dryden, Death In Siberia
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    The objective of morphopsychology is to establish the links between physical or morphologic appearance and characterological or psychologic particulars.

    1990, Claude R. Rufenacht, “Morphopsychology”, in Claude R. Rufenacht, editor, Fundamentals of Esthetics, page 33

    The concept of morphopsychology was developed by Louis Corman, a French psychiatrist who argued that the workings of vital forces within the human body resulted in different facial shapes and forms.

    2018, Ladarrell Stokes, Principles of Psychology, page 64
  2. broadlyuncountableThe relationship between psychology and form or physical appearance and setting.

    "Updating the ancient Greek method of determining signs and symptoms to arrive at a diagnosis, Dr. Guéniot incorporates morphopsychology." "The psychology of form," Joan murmured.

    2014, Toby Smith, Flight from Oblivion, page 152
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    Madame simply observes the woman's bone structure, her hair texture, her complexion, as well as her morphopsychology —her body shape, her way of walking in and out of the room, and how she presents herself.

    2013, Jamie Cat Callan, Ooh La La!:: French Women’s Secrets to Feeling Beautiful Every Day

    Once again based on the Five Elements and the Ba Gua, when you see that such a person has this type of energy, then you make the space around you as perfect as possible. In our tradition one specific aspect of this is morphopsychology.

    2015, Serge Augier, Shen Gong and Nei Dan in Da Xuan

Origin

From morpho- + psychology.

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Translations

French morphopsychologie
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Italian morfopsicologia
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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

psychomorphology
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