characteriology

Noun

characteriology

1. The study of character or personality.
   • Both in the realm of geometry and in that of characteriology, the formation of wholes proceeds according to definite laws, and it follows, therefore, that wholes are easily grasped by us.1936, Johannes Lindworsky, The Psychology of Asceticism, page 11
   • We must thank the work of the Dutch, German, and English psychologists for the fact that characteriology is not based on vague literary considerations, but solid scientific foundation.1967, Ignace Lepp, The Depths of the Soul: A Christian Approach to Psychoanalysis, page 97
2. The study of the relationship between physical and psychological traits.
   • By temperament, he was what the old characteriology would call a "choleric."1964, The Polish Review - Volume 9, page 72
   • This characteriology, coming out of the typology of Lecène and broadened by the morphopsychological studies of Louis Corman, allows him to deepen the study of psychological types and creation myths in literary works.1976, Joseph Strelka, Literary Criticism and Psychology, page 238
3. The description of someone or something in terms of character traits.
   • This 'cultivated characteriology' (ibid., p. 117) is one that she suggests has been reduced to the cult of the theorist's personality in many of the hagiographies written about Foucault, missing how he cultivated his ethos or characteriology in order to persuade, seduce, unsettle, question, and so...2016, Britta Timm Knudsen, Carsten Stage, Affective Methodologies, page 29
   • Thus a characteriology of walls must be supplemented with an analysis of territories. So, for instance, the evilness of walls (they are ignorant, arrogant, unjust) and the vanity of walls (they are never as effective as dreamt by their builders) should be reconstructed on the basis of the multiple...2018, Andrea Mubi Brighenti, Mattias Kärrholm, Urban Walls