receding chin
Setback lower jaw
A receding chin slopes backward rather than projecting forward, giving the lower face a weak or underdeveloped appearance.
The term is neutral and descriptive in medical contexts but often carries unflattering connotations in casual use, associated with timidity or lack of assertiveness: He had a receding chin that made him look perpetually uncertain.
- weakLacking power or force
- jawlineLower facial boundary
- profileSide-facing outline
- side viewPerspective from alongside
- retrognathiaAbnormally recessed jaw position
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- chin types
- Neanderthal traitsbrow ridge, stocky build, barrel chest, short limbs, large brain
- baby traitsbaby fat, baby teeth, chubby cheeks, big eyes, button nose
- jaw disordersjaw pain, jaw clenching, TMJ, TMJ disorder, jaw fracture
- Physical Anomaliescleft lip, cleft palate, clubfoot, birthmark, heterochromia
- dysmorphiabody dysmorphia, body checking, excessive grooming, camouflaging, weight obsession
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