Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - phrenology
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Phrenology
phrenology
noun Etymology: Greek phren-, phren Date: 1805 the study of the conformation of the skull based on the belief that it is indicative of mental faculties and character • phrenological adjective • phrenologist noun
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n. hist. the study of the shape and size of the cranium as a supposed indication of character and mental faculties. Derivatives phrenological adj. phrenologist n. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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Phrenology is the study of the size and shape of people’s heads in the belief that you can find out about their characters and abilities from this. N-UNCOUNT • phrenologist (phrenologists) Queen Victoria had her own personal phrenologist. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n the study of the shape of the human head as a way of showing someone's character and abilities, which was popular especially in the 19th century - phrenologist n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1816, from Gk. phren "mind" + -logy "study of;" lit. "mental science." Applied to the theory of mental faculties originated by Gall and Spurzheim that led to the 1840s mania for reading personality clues in the shape of one's skull and the "bumps" of the head. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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