physiognomy
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He aimed to capture the temperament and character of his sitters as revealed by their physiognomy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 2026
Eliza, who does not seem to belong there at all, is also hot — hotter than Petey’s former best friend, for even in cartoons, physiognomy is destiny.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2023
She and Bardem are both miscast, but Kidman is a particularly off fit for Ball, whose physical dexterity and ductile physiognomy, her rubber-band mouth and astonished eyes, are imprinted in our collective brain.
From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2021
“I deal with the physiognomy of the soul of black folk,” said Stevens.
From The Guardian • Aug. 29, 2019
And the process of naming “the people” has never been a matter of genealogy and physiognomy so much as one of hierarchy.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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