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physiognomic

physiognomic adjective: of or pertaining to physiognomy.

Adjective

physiognomic (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to physiognomy.
    • While they are not saying “yippee, look what AI can do” (in fact, some say they are trying to highlight risks), by publishing in scientific journals, they are risking lending credibility to the very idea of using AI in problematic, physiognomic ways.2022 May 20, Trenton W. Ford, “Is your face gay? Conservative? Criminal? AI researchers are asking the wrong questions”, in Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Origin of physiognomic

From physiognomy + -ic.

Words formed from physiognomic

Questions about physiognomic

What does physiognomic mean?
Physiognomic means of or pertaining to physiognomy.
What part of speech is physiognomic?
Physiognomic is an adjective.

Words near physiognomic in the dictionary

  1. physiogeographic
  2. physiogeographical
  3. physiogeography
  4. physiognomer
  5. physiognomers
  6. physiognomic
  7. physiognomical
  8. physiognomically
  9. physiognomics
  10. physiognomies
  11. physiognomise

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