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phrenologies

phrenologies is the plural of phrenology.

Meaning of phrenology

Noun

phrenology (countable and uncountable, plural phrenologies)

  1. (historical) 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.
    Synonyms:
    cranioscopy

Questions about phrenologies

What is phrenologies the plural of?
Phrenologies is the plural of phrenology.

Words near phrenologies in the dictionary

  1. phrenologer
  2. phrenologers
  3. phrenologic
  4. phrenological
  5. phrenologically
  6. phrenologies
  7. phrenologise
  8. phrenologist
  9. phrenologists
  10. phrenologize
  11. phrenologized

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