"graphology" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɡɹæˈfɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/ [UK], /ɡɹæˈfɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-graphology.wav [Southern-England] Forms: graphologies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi Etymology: From French graphologie, coined by Jean-Hippolyte Michon from Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ, “writing”) + French -logie (“study of”). By surface analysis, grapho- + -logy. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|graphologie}} French graphologie, {{cog|grc|γραφή||writing}} Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ, “writing”), {{cog|fr|-logie||study of}} French -logie (“study of”), {{surf|en|grapho-|-logy}} By surface analysis, grapho- + -logy Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} graphology (usually uncountable, plural graphologies)
  1. (uncountable) The study of handwriting, especially as a means of analyzing a person's character. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Pseudoscience Translations (study of handwriting): графалогія (hrafalóhija) [feminine] (Belarusian), почырказнаўства (póčyrkaznaŭstva) [neuter] (Belarusian), 笔迹学 (bǐjìxué) (Chinese Mandarin), 筆跡學 (Chinese Mandarin), 笔迹学 (bǐjīxué) (Chinese Mandarin), grafologie [feminine] (Czech), grafologia (Finnish), käsialantutkimus (Finnish), graphologie (French), grafológia (Hungarian), grafologia [feminine] (Italian), 筆跡学 (hissekigaku) (alt: ひっせきがく) (Japanese), 필적학 (piljeokhak) (Korean), grafologia (Polish), grafologia [feminine] (Portuguese), grafologie [feminine] (Romanian), графоло́гия (grafológija) [feminine] (Russian), почеркове́дение (počerkovédenije) [neuter] (Russian), grafología [feminine] (Spanish), grafologi [common-gender] (Swedish), bút tích học (Vietnamese), penätav (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-graphology-en-noun-Jr9wvNiU Disambiguation of Pseudoscience: 71 29 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with grapho-, English terms suffixed with -logy Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 89 11 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with grapho-: 51 49 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -logy: 71 29 Disambiguation of 'study of handwriting': 61 39
  2. A system of handwriting. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-graphology-en-noun-NGmBQBrU Categories (other): English terms prefixed with grapho- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with grapho-: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: graphological, graphologist

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      "roman": "grafológija",
      "sense": "study of handwriting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "графоло́гия"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "počerkovédenije",
      "sense": "study of handwriting",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "почеркове́дение"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "study of handwriting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "grafología"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "study of handwriting",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "grafologi"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "study of handwriting",
      "word": "bút tích học"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "study of handwriting",
      "word": "penätav"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Jean-Hippolyte Michon",
    "graphology"
  ],
  "word": "graphology"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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