英文词源
- phrenology
- phrenology: see frantic
- phrenology (n.)
- 1815, literally "mental science," from phreno- + -logy "study of." Applied to the theory of mental faculties originated by Gall and Spurzheim that led to the 1840s mania for reading personality clues in the shape of one's skull and the "bumps" of the head. Related: Phrenological; phrenologist.
中文词源
phrenology：颅相学
phreno-,思想，智慧，-logy,学说。其原义为精神科学，心理科学，后德国解剖学家Franz Joseph Gall于1796年提出人的心理与特质能够根据头颅形状确定的心理学解说，并引申词义颅相学，但现已证实这种假说是伪科学。参照百度百科。
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