characterology
/ˌkarɪktəˈrɒlədʒi/noun
1A systematic description of distinguishing or essential features; the aggregate of these.
2The study of personal character, especially its development, types, and individual differences; a branch of knowledge concerned with this. Also: the study of the distinguishing or essential features of individual languages.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Analyst. From character + -ology.
- horribleness
- horribly
- horrid
- horridly
- horridness
- horrific
- horrifically
- horrification
- horrifiedly
- horrify
- horrifyingly
- horripilate
- horripilation
- horrisonant
- horror
- horror show
- horror-stricken
- horror-struck
- horror vacui
- hors concours
- hors de combat
- hors d'oeuvre
- horse
- horse-and-buggy
- horse around (or about)