how to pronounce physiognomy

/ˌfɪz.iˈɒn.ə.mi/

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physiognomy is pronounced in five syllables

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An example use of physiognomy in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… takes us right back to physiognomy this …”

meanings of physiognomy

noun:

The art of telling fortunes by inspection of the features.
The general appearance or aspect of a thing, without reference to its scientific characteristics.
The face or countenance, with respect to the temper of the mind; particular configuration, cast, or expression of countenance, as denoting character.
The art or pseudoscience of deducing the predominant temper and other characteristic qualities of the mind from the outward appearance, especially from the features of the face.

physiognomy frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word physiognomy occurs in english on average 0.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics physiognomy can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that physiognomy can be often used in the following areas:

1) education, science, and technology;