PHYSIOGNOMY    面相學

METHOD of OBSERVING the BODY of someone and GUESSING his REAL NATURE.
Hyponym
  • CHIROMANCYnew-ad35460f-d83d-43d5-b546-0fd83df3d522　METHOD of GUESSING the BASIC NATURE of a HUMAN by OBSERVING his/her HAND. (anc: 10/0, child: 0)
Hypernym
  • METHOD　SYSTEM of ACTS USING which one is ABLE to SUCCEED IN a TASK.  (anc: 8/0, child: 15)
  • SYSTEM　TRANSPARENTLY OR EXPLICITLY ORDERED COMPLEX WHOLE. (anc: 7/0, child: 3)
  • WHOLE　PERFECT so as to LACK NONE OF ITS PARTS. (anc: 6/0, child: 1)
  • Anthologia sive Florilegium rerum et materiarum selectarum ( LANGIUS 1631) p.

    PHYSIOGNOMIA

  • Historisches Woerterbuch der Philosophie ( RITTER 1971-2007) p. 7.955

    PHYSIOGNOMIK

  • Historisches Woerterbuch der Rhetorik ( UEDING 1992ff) p. 6.1083-1190

  • "Sachwoerterbuch zum Alten China" ( UNGER SACH) p.

    PHYSIOGNOMIE

  • Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography ( ROBERTS 1998) p. 725

    • Words (1 items)

    相  xiàng OC: sqaŋs MC: si̯ɐŋ 16 Attributions

    Xiàng 相 is specifically to assess the basic inner true qualities of something on the basis of external features, as in physiognomy or the art of assessing the true quality horses by heir appearance.

      Syntactic words
    • nabphysiognomisingLZ
    • vtoNadjudicate, assess; observe carefully; often specifically: physiognomise by examining the whole body and not only the face