graphology

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Etymology[edit]

From French graphologie, coined by Jean-Hippolyte Michon from Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ, “writing”) + French -logie (“study of”). By surface analysis, grapho- +‎ -logy.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɡɹæˈfɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɡɹæˈfɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
  • Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi
  • Hyphenation: Gra‧pho‧lo‧gy

Noun[edit]

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graphology (usually uncountable, plural graphologies)

  1. (uncountable) The study of handwriting, especially as a means of analyzing a person's character.
    • 1999, Lee Naftali, Joel Naftali, You're Certifiable: The Alternative Career Guide to More Than 700 Certificate Programs, Trade Schools, and Job Opportunities, page 155:
      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.
    • 2003, Michael Hau, The Cult of Health and Beauty in Germany: A Social History, 1890-1930‎[1], page 50:
      The philosopher Ludwig Klages saw graphology as a means to penetrate the deceptive self-presentation of his contemporaries and unveil their true character.
    • 2006, Bethan Benwell, Elizabeth Stokoe, Discourse and Identity, page 263:
      Graphology and graphological deviation are likely to be very significant in a mode that lacks non-textual social cues, such as paralanguage, prosody and gesture.
  2. A system of handwriting.
    • 1930, Frances E. O'Brien, Individualism in Child Art, unnumbered page:
      "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 […] .
    • 1984, David Shapiro, Jasper Johns: Drawings 1954-1984‎[2], page 29:
      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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