Appearance
Appearance noun - The outward form of someone or something especially as indicative of a quality.
Usage example: the country club's manicured lawns and well-groomed appearance in general
Physiognomy and appearance are semantically related in countenance topic. In some cases you can use "Physiognomy" instead a noun "Appearance".
Physiognomy
Physiognomy noun - The human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British).
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Synonyms for Physiognomy
Appearance and physiognomy are semantically related in countenance topic. You can use "Appearance" instead a noun "Physiognomy", if it concerns topics such as face.
Nearby Words: physiognomist, physiognomic
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- manner and appearance
- manner and physiognomy
- bearing and appearance
- bearing and physiognomy
- image and appearance
- image and physiognomy
- countenance and appearance
- countenance and physiognomy
- look and appearance
- look and physiognomy
- presence and appearance
- presence and physiognomy
- mien and appearance
- mien and physiognomy
How words are described
| human | human appearance | human physiognomy |
Both words in one sentence
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The Fourth Doctor even lampshades this trope and his odd appearance when pulling faces at himself in the mirror after his new regeneration - "can't say much about the physiognomy".
Source: Beauty Equals Goodness - It almost goes without saying that this is very old; an attempt was even made in the 19th Century to quantify this attitude into the "science" of physiognomy, which posited a direct correlation between appearance and moral character.
Source: Beauty Equals Goodness
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