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the appearance of a person's face; a person's facial features
He and his son have the same distinctive physiognomy.
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Recent Examples of physiognomy
Meanwhile, a younger generation has brought new shades of irony to riffs on Jewish identity and physiognomy.
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Jody Rosen, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2023
Eliza, who does not seem to belong there at all, is also hot — hotter than Petey’s former best friend, for even in cartoons, physiognomy is destiny.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2023
The physiognomies of Sergius of Radonezh and Joseph Stalin upon its wings!
—Vladimir Sorokin, Harper's Magazine, 13 July 2022
Also, there had been slightly hazy security-cam shots of him fleeing the subway attack, and the height and physiognomy and hair all seemed to match.
—Han Ong, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2023
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Jody Rosen, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2023
Eliza, who does not seem to belong there at all, is also hot — hotter than Petey’s former best friend, for even in cartoons, physiognomy is destiny.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2023
The physiognomies of Sergius of Radonezh and Joseph Stalin upon its wings!
—Vladimir Sorokin, Harper's Magazine, 13 July 2022
Also, there had been slightly hazy security-cam shots of him fleeing the subway attack, and the height and physiognomy and hair all seemed to match.
—Han Ong, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2023
See all Example Sentences for physiognomy
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“Physiognomy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/physiognomy. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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