The appearance of the face is known as the countenance.
The countenance is the appearance or appearance of an individual's face , usually linked to a state of health or mood . The term of our language comes from the Catalan semblant , in turn derived from the Latin word simĭlans .
For example: "I'm worried about Grandpa Ernesto: he doesn't have a good face this morning," "The Italian player reappeared in training with a different face after having recovered from the injury," "The mayor's face reflected his concern about the difficult situation." political and social life that exists in the city .
The countenance and emotions
The notion of semblance is usually used to refer to what a person transmits through their face . Thus, if an individual feels bad, is worried, or experiences great distress, he or she will be said to have a "bad countenance." In other words: all these issues (physical discomfort, worry and anguish) can be noticed by seeing a person's face.
Likewise, happiness , tranquility or satisfaction can also be intuited or assumed through the appearance of a subject.
A person's face conveys their emotions.
The view of psychology
Within the field of psychology it is established that a person's appearance is very useful when it comes to knowing many aspects of them:
- The type of ideas that tend to be predominant in your head and that, therefore, come to define your personality. We are referring to, for example, whether it is someone positive or negative.
- The mood you have at that moment. This way we can know if he is sad, happy, worried, nervous...
- Whether it has security or not, either regularly or at that specific moment.
- Whether you are lying or telling the truth regarding what is being asked.
Interpret the countenance
In addition to all that, it is considered important to know how to detect all this data that people's faces transmit. It is very useful for many and varied reasons:
- It allows you to develop empathy with the individual in front of you.
- It gives the possibility of being able to detect situations in which someone is suffering, which can lead to a decision to be made to help them.
- It is a way to find out that something is happening to that person and take the necessary precautionary measures to avoid some type of complicated situation.
- Likewise, it should not be overlooked that finding out so many aspects of someone's face helps to make decisions, since it will be found out, for example, if they are lying or telling the truth. In this way, a woman can break up with her husband if she detects that he is lying about the question he is asking her about whether he has been unfaithful, to mention one case.
The term applied to objects
By extension, the term semblance is sometimes used to mention the appearance of an object , a city , a plant , etc.
«With the withdrawal of the army, the nation managed to recover its usual appearance», "The authorities reported that they will invest thousands of pesos to renew the appearance of the port area" y «These pine trees do not look good: we should consult a specialist to find out what we can do to achieve their recovery»son expresiones que muestran este uso.