Phrenologist (Noun)
Meaning
Someone who claims to be able to read your character from the shape of your skull.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The phrenologist examined the bumps on my skull and declared that I had a talent for music.
- The traveling phrenologist set up a booth at the fair, promising to reveal the secrets of your character for a small fee.
- My grandmother swore by the phrenologist who had told her that her daughter would grow up to be a brilliant scientist.
- The 19th-century phrenologist developed a system of classification that claimed to identify an individual's personality traits and intellectual abilities.
- The modern psychologist scoffed at the idea of phrenology, dismissing the phrenologist's claims as nothing more than pseudoscience.