Lombrosianadj.n.
/lɒmˈbrəʊzɪən/ A. adj.
Of or pertaining to Cesare Lombroso and to his theories of the physiology, psychology, and treatment of the criminal.
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Lombrosic1922
Lombrosian1973
1973 Listener 8 Nov. 624/1 ‘We don't go in for the Lombrosian type of nonsense of measuring skulls any more,’ protest our present~day criminologists.
B. n.
An adherent or follower of Lombroso or his theories.
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Lombrosian1914
1914 Everyman 16 Jan. 451/2 The ‘conclusions’ have been so recently published that Lombrosians and anti-Lombrosians must be..excused if they ask for time.
Derivatives
Lomˈbrosianism n.
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Lombrosianism1906
1906 J. Joyce Let. 19 Aug. (1966) II. 151 He was ridiculing lombrosianism and antimilitarism.
Lomˈbrosic adj. of or pertaining to Lombrosianism.
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Lombrosic1922
Lombrosian1973
1922 G. B. Shaw in S. Webb & B. Webb Eng. Prisons under Local Govt. p. lxii The stigmata of the Lombrosic criminal.
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