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phrenology N

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The word draws its metonymy from the pseudoscience of phrenology, and was originally simply a physical descriptor.
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He is given a very long routine with a skull and a handsaw, explaining that slaves, as shown by phrenology, are innately servile.
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Pseudo-scientific lectures on phrenology were popular, although countered by doctors.
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He was a student of phrenology and mesmerism, but at the time both fields were vying for scientific authority.
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In general, instruments to measure sizes of cranium were used after the main stream phrenology had ended.
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