phrenology
US/frənˈɑlədʒi/
phrenology noun: the pseudoscience which studies the relationships between a person's character and the morphology (structure) of the skull.
Noun
phrenology (countable and uncountable, plural phrenologies)
- 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.
- MR. BURNS: Who could forget such a monstrous visage? She has the sloping brow and cranial bumpage of the career criminal.
MR. SMITHERS: Uh, sir, phrenology was dismissed as quackery 160 years ago.1995 November 19, Richard Appel, “Mother Simpson”, in The Simpsons, Harry Shearer (actor)
- Synonyms:
- cranioscopy
phrenology meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Indonesian and Vietnamese
phrenology in Hindi
- the science or discredited pseudo-science of phrenology
- कपालविद्या kapālvidyā
phrenology in Tamil
- தலை அமைப்பியல்
phrenology in Indonesian
- the science or discredited pseudo-science of phrenology
- frenologi
phrenology in Vietnamese
- the science or discredited pseudo-science of phrenology
- não tướng học
Synonyms of phrenology
Forms of phrenology
| plural | phrenologies |
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Origin of phrenology
From phreno- + -logy.
Words formed from phrenology
Words that rhyme with phrenology
- homology
- topology
- technology
- mythology
- ontology
- theology
- typology
- aetiology
- anthology
- archaeology
- biology
- buttonology
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- etymology
- pathology
- phraseology
- psychology
- scatology
- tautology
- apology
- cosmology
- cryptology
- ecology
- neurology
- teleology
- aerology
- anthropology
- arcology
- Christology
- cohomology
- cosmetology
- cytology
- deontology
- epistemology
- eschatology
- ethology
- eucology
- geology
- gerontology
- graphology
- haplology
- heterology
- hydrology
- ideology
- lepidopterology
- oology
- phonology
- radiology
- tricknology
- xenobiology
- zoology
- zymology
- acanthology
- acarology
- accidentology
- acology
- acridology
- actinology
- aeromycology
- alcohology
- appropriate technology
Questions about phrenology
- What does phrenology mean?
- Phrenology means the pseudoscience which studies the relationships between a person's character and the morphology (structure) of the skull.
- What is phrenology in Hindi?
- Phrenology in Hindi is कपालविद्या (kapālvidyā). See Phrenology meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is phrenology?
- Phrenology is a noun.
- How do you pronounce phrenology?
- Phrenology is pronounced /frənˈɑlədʒi/ (US).
- What is the plural of phrenology?
- The plural of phrenology is phrenologies.
Words near phrenology in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: phrenology (page history and authors); phrenology (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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