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| ==Origin== | | ==Origin== |
| [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] contenance, from Anglo-French cuntenance, contenance, from Medieval Latin continentia, from [[Latin]], restraint, from continent-, continens, present participle of continēre to hold [[together]] | | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] contenance, from Anglo-French cuntenance, contenance, from Medieval Latin continentia, from [[Latin]], restraint, from continent-, continens, present participle of continēre to hold [[together]] |
− | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_century 13th Century] | + | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_century 13th Century] |
| ==Definitions== | | ==Definitions== |
| *1:obsolete : bearing, demeanor | | *1:obsolete : bearing, demeanor |
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| <center>For lessons on the related [[topic]] of '''''[[Auras]]''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Auras '''''this link'''''].</center> | | <center>For lessons on the related [[topic]] of '''''[[Auras]]''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Auras '''''this link'''''].</center> |
| ==Description== | | ==Description== |
− | The [[divine]] '''countenance''' is the face of [[God]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countenance_divine] | + | The [[divine]] '''countenance''' is the face of [[God]].[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countenance_divine] |
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− | [[Human]] [[physical]] [[appearance]] refers to the outward [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenotype phenotype] or look of [[human being]]s. There are [[infinite]] variations in human phenotypes, though [[society]] reduces the variability to distinct categories. Physical appearance of [[humans]], in particular those attributed which are regarded as important for physical [[Charm|attractiveness]], are believed by [[anthropologists]] to significantly effect the development of [[personality]] and [[social]] [[relations]]. Humans are acutely [[sensitive]] to their 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]] [[Dress|adornment]]. | + | [[Human]] [[physical]] [[appearance]] refers to the outward [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenotype phenotype] or look of [[human being]]s. There are [[infinite]] variations in human phenotypes, though [[society]] reduces the variability to distinct categories. Physical appearance of [[humans]], in particular those attributed which are regarded as important for physical [[Charm|attractiveness]], are believed by [[anthropologists]] to significantly effect the development of [[personality]] and [[social]] [[relations]]. Humans are acutely [[sensitive]] to their 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]] [[Dress|adornment]]. |
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− | Some people have [[traditionally]] linked some differences in personal [[appearance]] such as skeletal shape with [[race]], such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prognathism prognathism] or elongated stride. [[Different]] [[cultures]] place different [[degrees]] of emphasis on physical appearance and its importance to [[social status]] and other [[phenomena]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_physical_appearance] | + | Some people have [[traditionally]] linked some differences in personal [[appearance]] such as skeletal shape with [[race]], such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prognathism prognathism] or elongated stride. [[Different]] [[cultures]] place different [[degrees]] of emphasis on physical appearance and its importance to [[social status]] and other [[phenomena]]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_physical_appearance] |
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