骨こっ相そう学がく

noun

phrenology

Historical pseudoscience that claimed to determine character and mental faculties from the shape of the skull. Now a domain-specific term used in historical or critical contexts.

• 19世せい紀きには骨こっ相そう学がくが流りゅう行こうした。

  Phrenology was popular in the 19th century.