phrenology

English - Turkish

Definition of phrenology in English Turkish dictionary: kafatasıbilim; frenoloji; (Tıp) Zeka istidatlarını kafa biçiminden tanıma bilimi, kafa kemiği şeklinin akli melekelere alamet olması nazariyesi, frenoloji; {i} kafatası bilimi
phrenologist: frenoloji uzmanı
phrenologist: frenolog
phrenologist: (isim) frenolojist
phrenologist: {i} frenolojist

English - English

Definition of phrenology in English English dictionary: The science, now generally discredited, which studies the relationships between a person's character and the morphology (structure) of the skull
Oh, sure, you have a system for predicting the stock market; what's next—phrenology?.; The study of how the shape of one's skull determines characteristic traits; a now abandoned study of the shape of skull as indicative of the strengths of different faculties; In popular usage, the physiological hypothesis of Gall, that the mental faculties, and traits of character, are shown on the surface of the head or skull; craniology; {i} analysis of personal traits according to the shape of the skull; (head-reading): Study of human skulls with the purported aim of learning personality traits and mental capacity Phrenologic considerations include the shape of the skull, the size and location of protrusions thereon, and hair growth Drs F J Gall (1756-1828) and J G Spurzheim, coauthors of The Physiognomical System, were notable pioneers in the field; The study of the structure of the skull in the belief that it is indicative mental abilities or character; The theory of localization of function developed by Gall and Spurzheim that attempted to relate specific brain functions to specific protrusions of the skull (which were believed to be indices of brain structure); The art of assessing someone's character by feeling the shape of their skull ("reading the bumps"); The science of the special functions of the several parts of the brain, or of the supposed connection between the various faculties of the mind and particular organs in the brain; n The science of picking the pocket through the scalp It consists in locating and exploiting the organ that one is a dupe with; Character analysis by studying the shape and surface of the skull; The science, now generally discredited, which studies the relationships between a persons character and the morphology of the skull; Phrenology is the study of the size and shape of people's heads in the belief that you can find out about their characters and abilities from this. + phrenologist phrenologists phre·nolo·gist Queen Victoria had her own personal phrenologist. the study of the shape of people's heads as a way of finding out what their characters and abilities are, which was popular in the 19th century (phren + -ology). Study of the shape of the skull as an indication of mental abilities and character traits. Franz Joseph Gall stated the principle that each of the innate mental faculties is based in a specific brain region ("organ"), whose size reflects the faculty's prominence in a person and is reflected by the skull's surface. He examined the skulls of persons with particular traits (including "criminal" traits) for a feature he could identify with it. His followers Johann Kaspar Spurzheim (1776-1832) and George Combe (1788-1858) divided the scalp into areas they labeled with traits such as combativeness, cautiousness, and form perception. Though popular well into the 20th century, phrenology has been wholly discredited; organoscopy; cranioscopy
A theory that was totally wrong helped focus attention on the right questions. Some people called it phrenology. Its founder, Franz Joseph Gall (1758-1828) called it cranioscopy. . . . It held that the brain had specific areas of function and that mental and moral attributes of a person could be determined by examination of the cranium.
phrenologist: An adherent or practitioner of phrenology
phrenologist: An adherent or practicioner of phrenology
phrenologist: One versed in phrenology; a craniologist
phrenologist: someone who claims to read your character from the shape of your skull
phrenologist: {i} one who analyzes personality traits according to the shape of one's skull