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- noun Plural form of
phrenologist .
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Examples
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The phrenologists are the only persons who have followed the order of nature in the study of mind; they have even determined the functions of the different parts of the brain.
A Theory of Creation: A Review of 'Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation' Francis Bowen 1850
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Ridge kind of has close set eyes, early phrenologists refered to that as meaning beneath human intelligence. he and W I bet have some real interesting discussions.
Ridge: Terror suspect doesn't deserve 'full range' of rights 2009
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In a published response, anthropologist Ralph Holloway called Ms. Falk one of the "few practicing 'phrenologists' " for her use of different analytical techniques than his own.
Bones That Tell a Tale Brian Switek 2011
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The science of the brain has come a long way since the early 19th century, when phrenologists believed that personality traits could be measured by the bumps on a person 's skull.
From Skulls to Scans 2010
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The embattled businessmen were not part of the banking industry currently trying to lobby their way out of regulation, but a group of fortune tellers, who were successful in striking down a local ordinance requiring all fortunetellers, clairvoyants, hypnotists, phrenologists, etc. to post a disclaimer if they attempted to ply their trade for profit.
Leah Anthony Libresco: A tale of phrenologists and predatory lenders 2010
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Societyborn as a spur-of-the-moment alibi when its members were discovered breaking curfew by the Germans occupying their islandboasts a charming, funny, deeply human cast of characters, from pig farmers to phrenologists, literature lovers all.
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The embattled businessmen were not part of the banking industry currently trying to lobby their way out of regulation, but a group of fortune tellers, who were successful in striking down a local ordinance requiring all fortunetellers, clairvoyants, hypnotists, phrenologists, etc. to post a disclaimer if they attempted to ply their trade for profit.
Leah Anthony Libresco: A tale of phrenologists and predatory lenders 2010
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If you said, "Oboists, phrenologists, and manufacturers of durable goods," you'd be wrong.
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The heart, the head, the life and the fate were all crucial concepts to her, just they didn't give up their runic braille quite as easily as the digital phrenologists claimed.
Death Masking Love 2010
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Modern phrenologists "predict" terrorism with biometrics
Boing Boing 2007
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