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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context medicine biology English) The science, now generally discredited, which studies the relationships between a person's character and the morphology (structure) of the skull.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Phrenology is a pseudomedicine primarily focused on measurements of the human skull, based on the concept that the brain is the organ of the mind , and that certain brain areas have localized, specific functions or modules. Although both of those ideas ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ He was also interested in phrenology and conducted a male voice choir. ▪ That would be the modern verdict on phrenology .

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Phrenology \Phre*nol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, the mind + -logy: cf. F. phr['e]nologie.] 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 ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a now abandoned study of the shape of skull as indicative of the strengths of different faculties

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1815, literally "mental science," from phreno- + -logy "study of." 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. ...

Usage examples of phrenology.

Enoch Leng, wishes access to the collections of anthropology and mammalogy to conduct research on taxonomy and classification, and to prepare comparative essays in physical anthropology, human osteology, and phrenology.

This twist made him partial to astrology, hollow-earth notions, Lemuria, pyramidology, phrenology, Vedanta, black magic, Koresanity, Theosophy, Rosicrucianism, crystalline atoms, lunar farming, Atlantis, and a long list of similar asininitiesthe more asinine the better.

With the aid of a French criminologist who dabbled in phrenology, she selected from the prisons of the great Russian cities women who had been found guilty of killing their husbands and whose bumps indicated the possibility of salvation.

I am working on developing some orderly categorizations for the infant science of phrenology.

Little Leo, it appeared, was working his way simultaneously through biology, astrophysics, phrenology, chemical engineering, architecture, Christian Science, psychosomatic medicine, marine law, business management, Yoga, crystallography, metaphysics and modern literature.

Fifty years ago hypnotism was a parlor trick, clairvoyance was superstition, telepathy was almost unknown, and parapsychology was on a par with phrenology and not as respectable as the most popular nonsense called astrology.