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personology

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
per-son-ol-o-gy
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A theory of personality psychology advanced by Henry Murray and others.

Uncountable

noun

Physiognomy: the assessment of a person's character from outer appearance, especially the face.

Uncountable

Etymology

From person + -ology.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Derived Forms

personological personologist

Questions

What does personology mean?
A theory of personality psychology advanced by Henry Murray and others.
Where does personology come from?
From person + -ology.

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