graphoanalysis

graphoanalysis
graphoanalysis graph`o*an*al"y*sis (gr[a^]f`[-o]*an*[a^]l"[i^]*s[i^]s), n. The art of judging of a person's character, disposition, and aptitude from his handwriting; also called {graphology}. As a discipline, the modern form was developed by Milton Newman Bunker in the period after 1915.

Note: Though its practitioners consider it a science, many commentators believe that its methodology is not scientific, and some consider it a pseudoscience, as is astrology. [PJC]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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