観かん相そう学がく

noun

physiognomy; phrenology

Academic term for the study of facial features or skull shape to assess character or mental faculties. Physiognomy is the broader term; phrenology is a specific historical variant.

• 観かん相そう学がくは、顔かおの特とく徴ちょうから性せい格かくを判はん断だんする学がく問もんだ。

  Physiognomy is the study of judging character from facial features.

• 19世せい紀きには観かん相そう学がくの一いっ種しゅとして骨こっ相そう学がくが流りゅう行こうした。

  In the 19th century, phrenology, a type of physiognomy, was popular.