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phrenology

noun
/frənˈɑlədʒi/US

Etymology

From phreno- + -logy.

  1. derived from -λογία
  2. derived from -logia
  3. derived from -logie
  4. formed as phrenology — “phreno- + -logy”

Definitions

  1. The pseudoscience which studies the relationships between a person's character and the…

    The pseudoscience which studies the relationships between a person's character and the morphology (structure) of the skull.

    • Phrenology involves feeling the bumps in the skull to determine an individual's psychological attributes.
    • MR. BURNS: Who could forget such a monstrous visage? She has the sloping brow and cranial bumpage of the career criminal. MR. SMITHERS: Uh, sir, phrenology was dismissed as quackery 160 years ago.
    • Phrenology was the practice of correlating bumps on a skull with mental powers and attributes of character.

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