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
Maria Konnikova returns to look at a tool prosecutors have used for decades: handwriting analysis, or graphology.
From Slate ● Jul. 19, 2017
These days, of course, graphology slumps next to astrology and crystal healing on the shelves of pseudoscience.
From Slate ● Jan. 11, 2013
He ploughed through such subjects as cryptography, graphology, occultism, oriental philosophy, esthetics, acoustics.
From Time Magazine Archive
I studied that, and palmistry, and graphology, too.
From The Title Market by J. H. Gardner Soper
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