phrenology

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phrenology Meaning of "phrenology"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) a now abandoned study of the shape of skull as indicative of the strengths of different faculties

Derived Word(s)

phrenologist

Usage(s):

  1. Like its parent, graphology, graphotherapy has many critics who equate it with such pseudosciences as phrenology and astrology.
  2. One of Composer Joseph Haydn's closest friends and sincerest admirers was a phrenology enthusiast named Carl Rosenbaum.
  3. The skull was stolen from Swedenborg's London grave, 44 years after his 1772 burial, by a retired sea captain infatuated with phrenology.
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