graphology
Americannoun
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the study of handwriting, especially when regarded as an expression of the writer's character, personality, abilities, etc.
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Linguistics. the study of systems of writing; grammatology.
noun
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the study of handwriting, esp to analyse the writer's character
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linguistics the study of writing systems
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Some people think we can do personality evaluations from a person’s handwriting, which is graphology, but it’s not a valid science.
From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2018
These days, of course, graphology slumps next to astrology and crystal healing on the shelves of pseudoscience.
From Slate ● Jan. 11, 2013
And a further experiment confirmed that experts in graphology could not identify the profession of 40 successful employees any better than chance.
From Slate ● Jan. 11, 2013
In his grocer's bag of whims and interests, one of A. & P. Heir Huntington Hartford's most earnest pursuits is graphology.
From Time Magazine Archive
Among other things he had studied, and minutely, graphology.
From The Dweller on the Threshold by Robert Smythe Hichens
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