physiognomy

assessment of a person's character or personality from their outer appearance
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physiognomy

Summary

physiognomy ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,600 views/month, #775 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • physiognomy is a type of biotypology[2].
  • physiognomy is a type of pseudoscience[3].
  • physiognomy's Commons category is recorded as Physiognomy[4].
  • physiognomy's said to be the same as is recorded as physiognomics[5].
  • physiognomy's said to be the same as is recorded as Q2916323[6].
  • physiognomy's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Physiognomy[7].
  • physiognomy's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • physiognomy's described by source is recorded as Infernal Dictionary, 6th ed.[9].
  • physiognomy's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10].
  • physiognomy's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[11].
  • physiognomy's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[12].
  • physiognomy's different from is recorded as physiognomics[13].
  • physiognomy's practiced by is recorded as physiognomist[14].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include biotypology[2] and pseudoscience[3].

Why It Matters

physiognomy ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,600 views/month, #775 of 77,819).[1] physiognomy has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] physiognomy is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 19d ago · THEbotIT bot · 2026-09-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Infernal Dictionary, 6th ed., Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition +2
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P1343]]: [[Q1138524]], Add reference to a lexicon article."
  2. 23d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → physiognomy
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: physiognomy, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289950093|physiognomy (#289950093)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] "
  3. 10w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → ASK Vorwärts Potsdam
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q297837, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  4. 13w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxford classical dictionary id → 5071
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P9106]]: 5071, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/107287150|physiognomy (#107287150)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4102|Oxford Classical Dictio"
  5. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0270182-fyziognomie
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0270182-fyziognomie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
  6. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → physiognomics, Q2916323
    Subclass of → biotypology, pseudoscience
    Topic's main category → Category:Physiognomy
    Practiced by → physiognomist
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 8679, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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