graphology
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3ADJ.
primary
VERB + GRAPHOLOGY
saw, services
GRAPHOLOGY + NOUN
analysis, classes, hobbyi
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noun
The study of handwriting, especially as a means of analyzing a person's character.
Near-synonym: psychographology (sometimes synonymous)
Graphology, or handwriting analysis, is the study and interpretation of handwriting as an indicator of personality. Professional graphologists offer four primary services: graphology classes to hobbyists, personality profiles to help individuals increase their self-knowledge and potential for change, personnel screening and consultation for employers, and questioned document examination, or forensic graphology, to identify forged handwriting and documents for legal purposes.
A system of handwriting.
"Talented" children fall into one of two classes: those with an imitative ability who readily absorb the preconceived graphologies they see about them in pictures, magazines and books, and those[…].
This 1960 work, like the black works of Rauschenberg and the graphologies of Cy Twombly, is our most patient analysis of multiplicity.
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3Near-synonym: psychographology (sometimes synonymous)
WiktionaryGraphology, or handwriting analysis, is the study and interpretation of handwriting as an indicator of personality. Professional graphologists offer four primary services: graphology classes to hobbyi
WiktionaryThe philosopher Ludwig Klages saw graphology as a means to penetrate the deceptive self-presentation of his contemporaries and unveil their true character.
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