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
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
Americans looked toward France, where the discipline of graphology was picking up popularity thanks to priest and archeologist Jean-Hippolyte Michon.
From Slate ● Jan. 11, 2013
If taken away from fortune-tellers and given serious study, graphology may yet become a useful handmaiden of psychology, pos-sibly revealing important traits, attitudes, values of the "hidden" personality.
From Time Magazine Archive
Most of the works in this list relate to that aspect of the study of graphology which is supposed to bear upon the manifestations of character.
From The Detection of Forgery A Practical Handbook for the Use of Bankers, Solicitors, Magistrates' Clerks, and All Handling Suspected Documents by Blackburn, Douglas
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