phrenology

English Thesaurus

1. a now abandoned study of the shape of skull as indicative of the strengths of different faculties (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	craniology,
definition	:	the scientific study of the skulls of various human races (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	craniologist, phrenologist,
definition	:	someone who claims to be able to read your character from the shape of your skull (noun.person)

derivation	:	phrenological,
definition	:	of or relating to phrenology (adj.pert)

derivation	:	craniologist, phrenologist,
definition	:	someone who claims to be able to read your character from the shape of your skull (noun.person)

derivation	:	phrenological,
definition	:	of or relating to phrenology (adj.pert)