phrenology
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English
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Etymology
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[edit]- Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi
Noun
[edit]phrenology (countable and uncountable, plural phrenologies)
- (medicine, biology, historical) The science or now discredited pseudo-science, 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.
- 1995 November 19, Richard Appel, “Mother Simpson”, in The Simpsons, Harry Shearer (actor):
- 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.
- 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 86:
- Phrenology was the practice of correlating bumps on a skull with mental powers and attributes of character.
Usage notes
[edit]Not to be confused with phenology.
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[edit]the science or discredited pseudo-science of phrenology
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phrenology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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