Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The study of handwriting, especially when employed as a means of analyzing character.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The study of handwriting regarded as an expression of the character of the writer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The art of judging of a person's character, disposition, and aptitude from his handwriting; called
graphoanalysis by its practitioners. Though its practitioners consider it a science, it is widely considered a pseudoscience, as is astrology. - noun (Math.) The system or notation used in dealing with graphs.
- noun (Linguistics) The study of systems of writing of languages; also called
grammatology .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the study of
handwriting , especially as a means ofanalyzing character
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the study of handwriting (especially as an indicator of the writer's character or disposition)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word graphology.
Examples
-
Comment RSS Email Print Handwriting analysis - or "graphology" - as it is also known, has a long Carolina Gov., he gave a speech explaining his behavior that drew while others What leads to a The visions seem to swirl up from the brain's sewage system at the worst possible times - during a job interview, a meeting with the boss, an apprehensive first date, an important dinner party.
-
Or that was the idea of graphology as I understood it.
The Legacy Kirsten Tranter 2010
-
Those expressions combine in the study known as graphology, or handwriting analysis.
-
When I was a psych nurse, I took a little course in handwriting analysis, formally known as graphology or graphoanalysis.
She Lives 2009
-
It turns out it's much more complicated than that, and the entire field of inquiry can easily devolve from legitimate forensics into quackery like "graphology" and "evolutionary psychology."
Boing Boing 2009
-
A quick internet search for "graphology" and "no full-stops" has proved fruitless, so maybe CoffeeHousers have some ideas.
-
A quick internet search for "graphology" and "no full-stops" has proved fruitless, so maybe CoffeeHousers have some ideas.
-
A quick internet search for "graphology" and "no full-stops" has proved fruitless, so maybe CoffeeHousers have some ideas.
-
Other organizations have their roots in graphology, which is the “art” of determining personality traits from looking at a person’s handwriting.
Freshwater: DIY Handwriting Analysis - The Panda's Thumb 2010
-
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.
The Detection of Forgery A Practical Handbook for the Use of Bankers, Solicitors, Magistrates' Clerks, and All Handling Suspected Documents Douglas Blackburn 1893
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.