noun · countable / uncountable · rare

phrenology

phrenology · phrenologies

френологія

френология

Phrenologie

The pseudoscience which studies the relationships between a person's character and the…The pseudoscience which studies the relationships between a person's character and the morphology (structure) of the skull.

US/frənˈɑlədʒi/

» Phrenology was very popular in the 19th century, but nowadays most consider it to be nothing more than a curious pseudoscience.

Die Phrenologie war im 19. Jahrhundert sehr beliebt, wird heutzutage aber von den meisten als sonderbare Pseudowissenschaft abgetan.

Meaning

1 senses

(countable, historical, uncountable)The pseudoscience 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.
Phrenologie
френоло́гияfrenológija
френологіяfrenolohija

More definitions

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

Examples

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Phrenology was very popular in the 19th century, but nowadays most consider it to be nothing more than a curious pseudoscience.
deDie Phrenologie war im 19. Jahrhundert sehr beliebt, wird heutzutage aber von den meisten als sonderbare Pseudowissenschaft abgetan. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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