Associations to the word «Phrenology»

Wiktionary

PHRENOLOGY, noun. (medicine) (biology) The science, now generally discredited, which studies the relationships between a person's character and the morphology (structure) of the skull.

Dictionary definition

PHRENOLOGY, noun. A now abandoned study of the shape of skull as indicative of the strengths of different faculties.

Wise words

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche