bumpologyn.

Brit.

/bʌmˈpɒlədʒi/, U.S.

/ˌbəmˈpɑlədʒi/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bump n.², -ology comb. form.

Etymology: < bump n.² + -ology comb. form.

Chiefly humorous. Now historical.

The pseudoscientific study of bumps on the skull; phrenology.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > psychology > faculty psychology > psychological study of the skull > [noun]

cranioscopy1804

craniology1806

craniognosy1810

craniognomy1813

organology1814

phrenology1815

zoonomy1815

bumpology1822

turnipology1824

organoscopy1864

1822 Edinb. Mag. & Literary Misc. May 579/2 Even the ‘Minister of Crossmichael’ had not thrown all his flaxen influence into the scale of Bumpology.

1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 23 Aug. 4/2 Phrenology, viewed as bumpology, has ceased to occupy the minds of the scientific.

1949 A. Koestler Insight & Outlook xi. 158 Academic psychology hasn't yet recovered from the shock inflicted by his [sc. Gall's] naïve ‘bumpology’.

1988 Jrnl. Brit. Stud. 27 392 Others took ‘bumpology’ very seriously.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bumpology
释义	bumpologyn. Brit. /bʌmˈpɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˌbəmˈpɑlədʒi/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bump n.², -ology comb. form. Etymology: < bump n.² + -ology comb. form. Chiefly humorous. Now historical. The pseudoscientific study of bumps on the skull; phrenology. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > faculty psychology > psychological study of the skull > [noun] cranioscopy1804 craniology1806 craniognosy1810 craniognomy1813 organology1814 phrenology1815 zoonomy1815 bumpology1822 turnipology1824 organoscopy1864 1822 Edinb. Mag. & Literary Misc. May 579/2 Even the ‘Minister of Crossmichael’ had not thrown all his flaxen influence into the scale of Bumpology. 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 23 Aug. 4/2 Phrenology, viewed as bumpology, has ceased to occupy the minds of the scientific. 1949 A. Koestler Insight & Outlook xi. 158 Academic psychology hasn't yet recovered from the shock inflicted by his [sc. Gall's] naïve ‘bumpology’. 1988 Jrnl. Brit. Stud. 27 392 Others took ‘bumpology’ very seriously. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1822
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