PROSOPOGRAPHY

PRONUNCIATION: (pros-uh-PAH-gruh-fee)

MEANING: noun: A study of people in a group, identifying patterns, connections, etc.: a collective biography.

ETYMOLOGY: From German Prosopographie, from Latin prosopographia, from Greek prosopon (face, mask), from pros- (facing) + ops (eye) + -graphy (writing). Earliest documented use: 1577.
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PROSTOPOGRAPHY - pictures of an unsuccessful fourth-and-goal run

PROSONOGRAPHY - in favor of ultrasound examinations

PROTO-PO-GRAPHY - the imaging of the river is in its infancy

PROSOAPOGRAPHY - we need a catalog of soap sculptures