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Just as the exaggeration of physiognomical characteristics serves to accentuate a bodily feature, so does the employment of a symbol or label emphasize the pursuance of a theory or method .

From Time Magazine Archive

Sir: Note physiognomical resemblance of Boss Beck as shown in your cover and Napoleon in the cinema version of Orwell's Animal Farm.

From Time Magazine Archive

And speaking of controversial political figures, did any movie producer ever notice that the perfect physiognomical presence for a bio-pic about Yasser Arafat, 75, would be Ringo Starr?

From Time Magazine Archive

We study the size and form of the body, its color, its texture, its temperament, the expression of the face and the contour of the head, all of which are physiognomical.

From How to Become Rich A Treatise on Phrenology, Choice of Professions and Matrimony by Windsor, William

His face was very unlike the painted one, when his glance, on entering, fell upon his physiognomical sister, who was singing with her little Bouse at the harpsichord, upon Beata.

From The Invisible Lodge by Jean Paul