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Meaning of graphology | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ɡɹæˈfɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/

Definitions

  1. The study of handwriting, especially as a means of analyzing a person's character.
    uncountable, usually
  2. A system of handwriting.
    uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Čeština grafologie
Español grafología
Français graphologie
Italiano grafologia
日本語 筆跡学
한국어 필적학
Polski grafologia
Português grafologia
Tiếng Việt bút tích học

Examples

“Graphology, or handwriting analysis, is the study and interpretation of handwriting as an indicator of personality. Professional graphologists offer four primary services: graphology classes to hobbyists, personality profiles to help individuals increase their self-knowledge and potential for change, personnel screening and consultation for employers, and questioned document examination, or forensic graphology, to identify forged handwriting and documents for legal purposes.”
“The philosopher Ludwig Klages saw graphology as a means to penetrate the deceptive self-presentation of his contemporaries and unveil their true character.”
“Graphology and graphological deviation are likely to be very significant in a mode that lacks non-textual social cues, such as paralanguage, prosody and gesture.”
“"Talented" children fall into one of two classes: those with an imitative ability who readily absorb the preconceived graphologies they see about them in pictures, magazines and books, and those[…].”
“This 1960 work, like the black works of Rauschenberg and the graphologies of Cy Twombly, is our most patient analysis of multiplicity.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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