craniologist
/ˌkreɪniˈɑlədʒɪst/
noun
- A person who studies the size, shape, and features of human skulls, especially in the past as part of a now-discredited theory that skull shape determines character or intelligence.
- In the 19th century, a craniologist might have claimed that skull shape revealed a person's personality.
- The craniologist measured the skull and recorded its dimensions.
- Modern scientists reject the claims made by any craniologist who links skull shape to intelligence.
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