The phrenologist, who regulates heart and mind by undulations of the skull, has another system.
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Phrenologist
Synonyms for "phrenologist" (4 found)
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17 translations across 10 languages.
Catalan
2 entries- frenòleg noun (adherent or practitioner of phrenology)
- frenòloga noun (adherent or practitioner of phrenology)
Dutch
1 entries- frenoloog noun (adherent or practitioner of phrenology)
French
2 entries- phrénologiste noun (adherent or practitioner of phrenology)
- phrénologue noun (adherent or practitioner of phrenology)
German
2 entries- Phrenologe noun (adherent or practitioner of phrenology)
- Phrenologin noun (adherent or practitioner of phrenology)
Hungarian
1 entries- frenológus noun (adherent or practitioner of phrenology)
Italian
2 entries- frenologa noun (adherent or practitioner of phrenology)
- frenologo noun (adherent or practitioner of phrenology)
Portuguese
1 entries- frenologista noun (adherent or practitioner of phrenology)
Spanish
2 entries- frenóloga noun (adherent or practitioner of phrenology)
- frenólogo noun (adherent or practitioner of phrenology)
Swedish
1 entries- frenolog noun (adherent or practitioner of phrenology)
Volapük
3 entries- frenologan noun (adherent or practitioner of phrenology)
- hifrenologan noun (adherent or practitioner of phrenology)
- jifrenologan noun (adherent or practitioner of phrenology)
Sample sentences
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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 faculties was located in only one hemisphere, and not its twin.
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During a skull reading, a phrenologist would measure and carefully feel a person’s head.
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