physiognomy
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Physiognomy is destiny, in show business even more than in normal life, and Reddick wasn’t built to play weakness.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2023
Physiognomy, the practice of determining a person’s character from their face, has a history that stretches back to ancient Greece.
From The Guardian • Jul. 7, 2018
The News added: Physiognomy and its practice dates back to the ancient Greece but was abandoned later.
From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2010
I had always been interested in the study of human nature, and consequently had taken considerable pains to read up and post myself on Physiognomy.
From Twenty Years of Hus'ling by Denslow, W. W. (William Wallace)
Fortune-Tellers, pretending Skill in Physiognomy, Palmistry, &c. or using any subtle craft to deceive and impose on others 6.
From A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis Containing a Detail of the Various Crimes and Misdemeanors by which Public and Private Property and Security are, at Present, Injured and Endangered: and Suggesting Remedies for their Prevention by Colquhoun, Patrick
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