phrenologist
phrenologist noun: an adherent or practitioner of phrenology.
Noun
phrenologist (plural phrenologists)
- An adherent or practitioner of phrenology.
- The phrenologist, who regulates heart and mind by undulations of the skull, has another system.1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter IX, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 112
- One significance weakness of phrenology in the eyes of most anatomists, as Anne Harrington has shown, was that the brain comprised two structurally identical cerebral hemispheres, separated by a longitudinal fissure, whereas phrenologists held that the material sub-stratum of various mental...2020 October 5, Paul Turnbull, “Thinking About Craniometry- The Racial Turn”, in Paul Turnbull
- Synonyms:
- cranioscopist
Synonyms of phrenologist
Forms of phrenologist
| plural | phrenologists |
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Origin of phrenologist
From phrenology + -ist.
Questions about phrenologist
- What does phrenologist mean?
- Phrenologist means an adherent or practitioner of phrenology.
- What part of speech is phrenologist?
- Phrenologist is a noun.
- What is the plural of phrenologist?
- The plural of phrenologist is phrenologists.
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