The art telling fortunes by inspection of the features.

Using facial features as a means of character analysis.

The general outward appearance of a plant community, determined by the life forms of the dominant species, e.g., grassland, forest, tundra.

Is a pseudoscience based upon the belief that the study and judgement of a person's outer appearance, primarily the face, reflects their character or personality. Up until the time of English King Henry VIII, its validity was so widely assumed that it was taught in universities and was an everyday concept that had developed into a regular Middle English word spelled fisnamy or visnomy.

The ancient art of judging character and disposition from the features of the face or the form and lineaments of the body.

The study of facial features

The study of personality by appearance. (G. physi, nature + gnomon, interpreter).

The attempt to establish character or other thoughts about people by examining their outward appearance.

the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British)

is the study of character analysis through physical features.

Character analysis through physical appearance of the features.

Physiognomy (Gk. physis, nature and gnomon, judge, interpreter) is a theory and a folk science based upon the idea that the study and judgement of a person's outer appearance, primarily the face, may give insights into their character or personality. The term physiognomy is also used to refer to the general appearance of a person, object, or terrain, without reference to its underlying or scientific characteristics. This article will deal with the theory of character evaluation.

said of a motorcyclist's corpulence and of his physical characteristics. The type of equipment chosen and the integration of the rider on his motorcycle largely depend on the rider's physiognomy.