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graphologist

graphologist

1 9.9
A person who studies handwriting to learn about personality
  • noun
  • /ɡræfˈɑlədʒɪst/
  • Specialized
translation icon : grafólogo

Examples

  • Whether you forged it or not, I don't know and I will have to have my handwriting experts, the graphologists will have to look at it.

    Best of Enemies (2015)

  • A qualified graphologist analyzed the suspect's handwriting to uncover his motives.

  • The detective consulted a graphologist to gain insights into the author's personality through the letters.

  • As a graphologist, she could determine someone's emotional state just by examining their penmanship.

Synonyms

handwriting expert
vsgraphologist
  • Specialized
3 5.0

A person who studies writing by hand to check if a signature or document is real

focuses on inferring character and psychological traits rather than document authentication

Surface Forms

graphologist singular
graphologists plural

Morphology

graphologist = graphology (semi-transparent) = graph + ology + ist

The suffixation from graphology to graphologist is regular, but the learned base graphology may not be familiar to many learners.

Etymology

Graphologist comes from the part graph meaning 'to write' and the part -logist meaning 'one who studies', the same ending you see in psychologist. So a graphologist is someone who studies handwriting to learn about a person's character and feelings.