graphology

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

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.”

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