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morphopsychology

morphopsychology noun: the supposed correspondence between facial features and personality.

Noun

morphopsychology (uncountable)

  1. The supposed correspondence between facial features and personality.
    • 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
    • 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
  2. (broadly) The relationship between psychology and form or physical appearance and setting.
    • 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
    • "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

Examples of morphopsychology in a sentence

  • 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:
  • In our tradition one specific aspect of this is morphopsychology.2015, Serge Augier, Shen Gong and Nei Dan in Da Xuan:

Origin of morphopsychology

From morpho- + psychology.

Words formed from morphopsychology

Questions about morphopsychology

What does morphopsychology mean?
Morphopsychology means the supposed correspondence between facial features and personality.
How do you use morphopsychology in a sentence?
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.
What part of speech is morphopsychology?
Morphopsychology is a noun.

Words near morphopsychology in the dictionary

  1. morphopopulation
  2. morphopopulations
  3. morphoproteomic
  4. morphoproteomics
  5. morphopsychological
  6. morphopsychology
  7. morphoquantitative
  8. morphoregulation
  9. morphoregulator
  10. morphoregulators
  11. morphoregulatory

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