- phrenology
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- phrenology: see frantic
[phrenology etymology, phrenology origin, 英语词源] - phrenology (n.)
- 1815, literally "mental science," from phreno- + -logy "study of." Applied to the theory of mental faculties originated by Gall and Spurzheim that led to the 1840s mania for reading personality clues in the shape of one's skull and the "bumps" of the head. Related: Phrenological; phrenologist.