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I was wondering if people who have the same MBTI type have similar physical characteristics.Do you think that there is a link between looks and personality? I don't think there is any direct correlation,but I've noticed that people who share the same MBTI type have some traits in common.

So,in this thread,describe your appearance:Height,body type,facial features,fashion style etc.
Thank you in advance.
 
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Yes, it's called Visual Identification (VI). I have wondered about this when I first started learning MBTI, and practiced it for many years on people in daily life. Please check out my website: MBTI Typings of Famous People if you are interested in learning more about the VI method. Also give feedback and spread the word, it's greatly appreciated. Thanks!
 
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I have noticed a correlation in terms of subtle facial differences in certain types, but it isn't an absolute.

Extroverts seem to look more "awake" in their resting face, and introverts look more "mellow"

Intuitives have a certain "dreamy" look in their eyes, while sensors often look more "present" and in the moment.

Feelers and Thinkers sometimes have a slight difference in their eyebrows.

And Judgers tend to have a stronger jawline, while Perceivers tend to have slightly poutier lips.

*Note: This is not always the case, and this applies to people's natural expression, not a face they can or do make.
Also, it's EXTREMELY subtle, and it's almost an aura type of thing. I can't really explain it well, but I swear I'm not making this up!
 
#4 ·
This is loaded with stereotypes but usually...

SPs have the highest sense of aesthetics so expect them to be the best dressed people in the room, wear the most neat and expensive clothes etc. Although sometimes they just like to be flashy and provocative.

SJs tend to dress more conservatively, often because they go with social protocol but also because they prefer comfort over fashion.

NPs like an offbeat appearance because it keeps people guessing

Not sure about NJs, I think ENxJs follow suit with SPs because of tertiary Se whereas INxJs follow suit with SJs because they have little environmental awareness. In other words, not really concerned about looking hip and in fashion.


But I recognize that this is just for clothes, as ''appearance'' is a very broad term.
 
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ESFJ here - I've been told I'm "perky" and "cute". That's the best way to describe it, and I thought it would go away at some point, because young people can be perky and cute and old people can be perky and cute, but I'm basically middle-aged and still perky and cute. Which is OK with me.

I'll expand on my style later, but I do need to do some work. :smile:
 
#7 · (Edited)
This is going to sound kookie so bear with me, but I think type is VERY visible in the eyes, and general face area. Visual typing is never a hard and fast rule, but there are physical cues that frequently go along with type. Once you actually see a person on video or in person, their body movements, posture, and phrasing really begin to give clear cues to their Temperament, and sometimes cognitive functions.

I'm inclined to say that something like a 50% certainty of someone's type can be gathered just by looking at a collection of pictures of them. And that goes up to 85-90% certainty in-person. There are certainly people who are tricky to type for one reason or another, but these physical cues, as I see it, are almost more central to Type than behavioral habits that, for instance, the typing questionnaires ask.

A few things I go by just in photos:


  • A lot of Ti-heavy people have pointy eyebrows, with an exception for INTP
  • ESTP and ESTJ tend to have a more dead-pan stare - eyes pointed directly at the camera, little/no mouth movement. However, they do smile when there's an occasion to do so.
  • ESFJ tend to look genuinely happy - eyes, mouth, face move in sync each each other. Also true of ISFJ, though they often look a tad more serious.
  • ENTP communicate their wit and playfulness through their eyebrows (arching, etc); ESFP, and to a lesser extent ENFP also sometimes do this
  • The more traditionalist, rule-oriented Si-doms often have eyebrows that slant upward towards the nose area, high foreheads, and a friendly-but-nervous expression. They look very different from the other Si folks.
  • ISFP often have tense, rigid-looking faces even if their facial expression is happy or emotive; it's a mix of friendliness with underlying skepticism
  • ISTP also have a kind of geometric tenseness in their face, but more with the dead pan look like ESTJ/ESTP
  • A lot of the NF types take pictures where their body faces a different direction from the camera while they look at the lens - as well as the reverse
  • INFP often don't smile for pictures, but communicate via their eyes. This is also sometimes true for ENFJ, though their look is more dramatic.
  • ENFP often have childish facial expressions, even if they don't intend to
  • INTJ tend to generally look unhappy - though there are some that smile a lot, but in a rigid/fixed way (the social smile); latter is also true of more social/extroverted ISTJ
  • ENTJ can have the ENFJ-ish dramatic look in the eye area, but usually either show the social smile (the rigid one), or no mouth movement at all. They tend to fix their heads in one direction for a long time when you talk to them in person, often staring at people while thinking on a tangent internally.

Again NOT hard and fast rules, but just some starting points. I really think type requires seeing a person in real time.
 
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I don't know, I would say I look a little like the Mr Robot actor (the big eyes) and I have the same hair as Kramer in Seinfeld.

I usually make a conscious effort when clothing, I like to buy clothes, too bad it's expensive.
 
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Sparky said:
Yes, it's called Visual Identification (VI). I have wondered about this when I first started learning MBTI, and practiced it for many years on people in daily life. Please check out my website: MBTI Typings of Famous People if you are interested in learning more about the VI method. Also give feedback and spread the word, it's greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Click to expand...
Yeeah, I doubt Donald Trump are Tom Hiddleston are INTP, and that Avril Lavigne is an ENTP.
 
#10 ·
If you want to know for sure you should set up an experiment. Get a group together of an about equal number of each type, all of them reasonably sure that their typing is correct. Then, without knowing which person has which type, look at them and determine their type based on the characteristics that you've written down in advance.
If the results correllate, you might have something, if not, back to the drawing board with the theory.
 
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I've been accused of:

- looking "too unhappy" or "too serious" or "too evil". These accusations didn't really come often from my peers in my home country, but when I had to move to UK for several years to study there, my classmates just killed me with the "Is something wrong? You have it written on your face." claims. It appears that this "unhappy" look appeared on my face every time I spaced out. However, when I was genuinely displeased by someone's behavior, I was accused of having the look of someone who's planning a murder. Needless to say, that I learned to weaponize this look, and if I genuinely need to appear scary towards someone who's potentially a threat to me, I channel my inner aggression through my eyes, and it splits mountains.

- whenever I'm genuinely happy enough to actually smile, my smile is always mistaken by others for being smug or cunning, as if I just finished planning a grand conspiracy. (although I'm genuinely just expressing happiness)

- I've also been accused of being too robotic or soldier-like when I move around and walk, this is probably because I always consciously control my movements and apply perfectionism to them - good posture, not moving my head around much (instead relying on eye-movement more), very reserved arm movements (no flailing about), usually fast-paced and accurate steps.

- When I'm trying to remember something I tend to look upwards, and when trying to calculate information - look downwards.

- Almost always avoiding eye contact during conversations, as looking into someone's eyes makes me lose my train of thought. And if I'm formulating complex thoughts into sentences, I usually tend to look into the distance completely avoiding my conversation partner's face and body.
 
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