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graphology
[ gra-fol-uh-jee ]
noun
- the study of handwriting, especially when regarded as an expression of the writer's character, personality, abilities, etc.
- Linguistics. the study of systems of writing; grammatology.
graphology
/ ɡræˈfɒlədʒɪ; ˌɡræfəˈlɒdʒɪk /
noun
- the study of handwriting, esp to analyse the writer's character
- linguistics the study of writing systems
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Derived Forms
- graphologic, adjective
- graˈphologist, noun
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Other Words From
- graph·o·log·ic [graf-, uh, -, loj, -ik], grapho·logi·cal adjective
- graph·olo·gist noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of graphology1
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Example Sentences
The Vatican uses graphology to examine the lives of candidates for sainthood.
Anyone who understands Graphology can tell by simply examining your handwriting just what sort of a person you are.
Graphology cards are an idea of the moment, and seem likely to prove more than a passing fad.
Graphology, for instance, is naturally related to the functional action and to the characteristics of the hand itself.
Graphology enables us to read the character of a person in the hand-writing which he produces.
In this study, as in that of graphology and chiromancy, a deductive power of mind is required.
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