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Phrenological

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Adjective

1. phrenological

of or relating to phrenology

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Phrenological

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noun
(formerly) the branch of science concerned with localization of function in the human brain, esp determination of the strength of the faculties by the shape and size of the skull overlying the parts of the brain thought to be responsible for them

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Phrenological

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noun
a system, popular esp. in the 19th cent., based on the assumption that an analysis of character can be made by a study of the shape and protuberances of the skull

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Phrenological

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n.
The study of the shape and protuberances of the skull, based on the now discredited belief that they reveal character and mental capacity.

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