prosopography
/ˌprɒsəʊˈpɒgrəfɪ/noun
(pl. -ies)
1- a description of a person's appearance, personality, social and family connections, career, etc.,or a collection of such descriptions（关于外貌、性格、社会和家庭关系、事业等的）人物写真, 人物描绘。
1.1
- mass noun the study of such descriptions, especially in Roman history（尤指罗马历史中的）人物写真研究。
派生词
prosopographer
nounprosopographical
/ˈprɒsʊpəˈgræfɪkəl/ adjective词源
1920s: from modern Latin prosopographia,from Greek prosōpon 'face，person'+-graphia 'writing'.