MIEN
(meen)
Bearing
or manner, especially as it reveals one’s
personality Common clues: Demeanor; Air; Carriage; Appearance;
Comportment; Bearing; Look; Personal appearance Crossword
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“Genius,
like truth, has a shabby and neglected mien.”
--Edward Dahlberg (1900–1977)
Variations
in the physical appearance of humans, known as our looks, are
believed by anthropologists to be an important factor in the
development of personality and social relations in particular
physical attractiveness. There is a relatively low sexual
dimorphism between human males and females in comparison with
other mammals. However humans are acutely sensitive to variations
in physical appearance, some theorize for reasons of evolution.
Some differences in human appearance are genetic, others are the
result of age or disease, and many are the result of personal
adornment.
Some
people have traditionally linked some differences in personal
appearance such as skeletal shape with race, such as prognathism
or elongated stride (but this is a controversial and sensitive
matter). Different cultures place different degrees of emphasis
on physical appearance and its importance to social status and
other phenomena.
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It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Human
Physical Appearance”.
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