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anthroposcopy (s) (noun), anthroposcopies (pl)
1. The judgment of the human body form by visual inspection.
2. The inspection of the physical features of a person with the purpose of judging his or her mental and moral characteristics.
3. The determination of characteristics or personality from the human body shape and facial features; a technique used in earlier studies but now discredited.
This entry is located in the following units: anthrop-, anthropo-, -anthrope, -anthropic, -anthropical, -anthropically, -anthropism, -anthropist, -anthropoid, -anthropus, -anthropy (page 8) scopo-, scop-, scept-, skept-, -scope-, -scopy, -scopia, -scopic, -scopist (page 3)
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anthroposcopy
The description of physical variations in humankind by visual inspection; a basic technique of physical anthropology