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phrenology

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Phrenology  \Phre*nol"o*gy\,  n.  [Gr.  ?,  ?,  the  mind  +  -logy:  cf 
  F.  phr['e]nologie.] 
  1.  The  science  of  the  special  functions  of  the  several  parts 
  of  the  brain,  or  of  the  supposed  connection  between  the 
  various  faculties  of  the  mind  and  particular  organs  in  the 
  brain. 
 
  2.  In  popular  usage,  the  physiological  hypothesis  of  Gall, 
  that  the  mental  faculties,  and  traits  of  character,  are 
  shown  on  the  surface  of  the  head  or  skull;  craniology. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  phrenology 
  n  :  a  now  abandoned  study  of  the  shape  of  skull  as  indicative  of 
  the  strengths  of  different  faculties 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  PHRENOLOGY,  n.  The  science  of  picking  the  pocket  through  the  scalp. 
  It  consists  in  locating  and  exploiting  the  organ  that  one  is  a  dupe 
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