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physiognomy

[fiz-ee-og-nuh-mee, -on-uh-mee] / ˌfɪz iˈɒg nə mi, -ˈɒn ə mi /


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So the heart of the problem was to give the museum the necessary new gallery space, studio for resident artists, 100-seat “vegetable-forward” restaurant, and other supporting areas—while doing nothing that would disrupt its distinctive physiognomy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

“Although Hall never resorts to a cliched impersonation, his suggestion of Nixon’s physiognomy is frequently uncanny, especially in profile.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2022

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

To an extent, her success was due to physiognomy.

From The New Yorker • May 14, 2019

But I liked his physiognomy even less than before: it struck me as being at the same time unsettled and inanimate.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë




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