Pathognomy is the study of passions and emotions. It refers to the expression of emotions that are indicated in the voice, gestures, and by features. While physiognomy is used to predict the overall character of an individual, pathognomy is used to gain clues about the current character. Physiognomy is based on shapes of the features, and pathognomy on the motions of the features. Physiognomy (Gk. ...
Physiognomy (Gk. ... A 19th century Phrenology chart Phrenology (from Greek: φÏήν, phrÄ“n, mind; and λόγος, logos, knowledge) is a theory which claims to be able to determine character, personality traits, and criminality on the basis of the shape of the head (reading bumps). Developed by German physician Franz Joseph Gall around 1800, and... Characterology is a method of character reading developed in the 1920s that attempted to combine revised Physiognomy, reconstructed Phrenology, and amplified Pathognomy with ethnology, sociology, and anthropology. ... Personology, is a recent New Age variant of the ancient pseudoscience of Physiognomy, which is closely related to the disproved study of Phrenology. ...
Pathognomy refers tot he expression of emotions as indicated by the inglection of the voice, by gestures, and by the play of the features under all manner of excitation.
It betrays the feelings which are uppermost in the mind at the moment, and likewise, the emotional capabilities of th e person, in other words, the temperament.
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