PHRENOLOGY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A now abandoned study of the shape of skull as indicative of the strengths of different faculties

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("phrenology" is a kind of...):

craniology (the scientific study of the skulls of various human races)

Derivation:

phrenological (of or relating to phrenology)

phrenologist (someone who claims to be able to read your character from the shape of your skull)

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