Morphopsychology
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Morphopsychology is a noun meaning The supposed correspondence between facial features and personality.
Meaning
The supposed correspondence between facial features and personality.
More Meanings
- (more generally) The relationship between psychology and form or physical appearance and setting.
Example Sentences
Morphopsychology wasn't described as a pseudo-science by her SVR teachers, however, but simply as an 'alternative' science.
The objective of morphopsychology is to establish the links between physical or morphologic appearance and characterological or psychologic particulars.
"Updating the ancient Greek method of determining signs and symptoms to arrive at a diagnosis, Dr. Guéniot incorporates morphopsychology." "The psychology of form," Joan murmured.
The concept of morphopsychology was developed by Louis Corman, a French psychiatrist who argued that the workings of vital forces within the human body resulted in different facial shapes and forms.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include physiognomy, personology, physiognosis, physiognomonics, robopsychology, phrenology.
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