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phrenology definition

☆ phre·nol·ogy (fri näl′ə jē)

noun

a system, popular esp. in the 19th cent., based on the assumption that an analysis of character can be made by a study of the shape and protuberances of the skull

Etymology: phreno- (sense ) + -logy

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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