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Webster 1913 Edition

(ănˊthrō̍-pŏs′kō̍-py̆)

Noun.

[Gr.

ἄνθρωποσ

man +

-scopy

The art of discovering or judging of a man’s character, passions. and inclinations from a study of his visible features.

[R.]

Noun.

[Gr. man, and to view.]

The art of discovering or judging of a man's character, passions and inclinations from the lineaments of his body.

anthroposcopy ‎(uncountable)

A form of anthropology based upon visual observation of the physical characteristics of the human body.
- 1970 William Herbert Sheldon - Varieties of Human Physique: an introduction to constitutional psychology
  Only when both anthroposcopy and anthropometry brings us to the same result are we satisfied with the outcome.

form of anthropology based upon observation of the physical characteristics of the human body