Phrenology

//frənˈɑlədʒi//

Synonyms for "phrenology" (3 found)

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Noun(1 words)
cranioscopy

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Translations

38 translations across 37 languages.

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Afrikaans

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  • frenologie noun (the science or discredited pseudo-science of phrenology)

Armenian

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  • գանգագիտություն noun (the science or discredited pseudo-science of phrenology)
  • գանգագուշակություն noun (the science or discredited pseudo-science of phrenology)

Asturian

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  • frenoloxía noun (the science or discredited pseudo-science of phrenology)

Basque

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  • frenologia noun (the science or discredited pseudo-science of phrenology)

Bulgarian

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  • френология noun (the science or discredited pseudo-science of phrenology)

Catalan

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  • frenologia noun (the science or discredited pseudo-science of phrenology)

Chinese Mandarin

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  • 骨相學 /骨相学 noun (the science or discredited pseudo-science of phrenology)

Czech

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  • frenologie noun (the science or discredited pseudo-science of phrenology)

Danish

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  • frenologi noun (the science or discredited pseudo-science of phrenology)

Dutch

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  • frenologie noun (the science or discredited pseudo-science of phrenology)

Estonian

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  • frenoloogia noun (the science or discredited pseudo-science of phrenology)

Finnish

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  • frenologia noun (the science or discredited pseudo-science of phrenology)

French

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  • phrénologie noun (the science or discredited pseudo-science of phrenology)

Galician

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  • frenoloxía noun (the science or discredited pseudo-science of phrenology)

German

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  • Phrenologie noun (the science or discredited pseudo-science of phrenology)

Hindi

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  • कपालविद्या noun (the science or discredited pseudo-science of phrenology)

Hungarian

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  • frenológia noun (the science or discredited pseudo-science of phrenology)

Icelandic

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  • höfuðlagsfræði noun (the science or discredited pseudo-science of phrenology)

Indonesian

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  • frenologi noun (the science or discredited pseudo-science of phrenology)

Italian

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  • frenologia noun (the science or discredited pseudo-science of phrenology)

Japanese

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  • 骨相学 noun (the science or discredited pseudo-science of phrenology)

Kazakh

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  • френология noun (the science or discredited pseudo-science of phrenology)

Korean

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  • 골상학 noun (the science or discredited pseudo-science of phrenology)

Lithuanian

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  • frenologija noun (the science or discredited pseudo-science of phrenology)

Mongolian

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  • френологи noun (the science or discredited pseudo-science of phrenology)

Norwegian

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  • frenologi noun (the science or discredited pseudo-science of phrenology)

Polish

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  • frenologia noun (the science or discredited pseudo-science of phrenology)

Portuguese

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  • frenologia noun (the science or discredited pseudo-science of phrenology)

Romanian

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  • frenologia noun (the science or discredited pseudo-science of phrenology)

Russian

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  • френоло́гия noun (the science or discredited pseudo-science of phrenology)

Slovak

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  • frenológia noun (the science or discredited pseudo-science of phrenology)

Spanish

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  • frenología noun (the science or discredited pseudo-science of phrenology)

Swedish

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  • frenologi noun (the science or discredited pseudo-science of phrenology)

Turkish

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  • frenoloji noun (the science or discredited pseudo-science of phrenology)

Ukrainian

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  • френологія noun (the science or discredited pseudo-science of phrenology)

Uzbek

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  • frenologiya noun (the science or discredited pseudo-science of phrenology)

Volapük

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  • frenolog noun (the science or discredited pseudo-science of phrenology)

Sample sentences

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Phrenology was very popular in the 19th century, but nowadays most consider it to be nothing more than a curious pseudoscience.

Source: tatoeba (2069235)

Phrenology involves feeling the bumps in the skull to determine an individual's psychological attributes.

Source: wiktionary

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.

Source: wiktionary

Phrenology was the practice of correlating bumps on a skull with mental powers and attributes of character.

Source: wiktionary

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