Definition of Phrenism

1. n. See Vital force, under Vital.

Definition of Phrenism

1. Noun. (obsolete) A supposed "thought force" in vitalism. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Phrenism

1. a purported mind-force which directs evolution [n -S]

Medical Definition of Phrenism

1. See Vital force, under Vital. See: Phrenic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phrenism

phrenicocolic ligament
phrenicocostal sinus
phrenicoexeresis
phrenicogastric
phrenicoglottic
phrenicohepatic
phrenicolienal ligament
phrenicomediastinal recess
phreniconeurectomy
phrenicopleural fascia
phrenicosplenic
phrenicosplenic ligament
phrenicotomy
phrenicotripsy
phrenics
phrenism (current term)
phrenisms
phrenitides
phrenitis
phrenitises
phreno-
phrenocardia
phrenocolic
phrenocolopexy
phrenogastric
phrenogastric ligament
phrenograph
phrenographs
phrenohepatic
phrenologer

Literary usage of Phrenism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1880)
"... in many, phrenism or mental or thought-force. These are all derived from equivalent amounts of chemical force which are liberated by the dissolution of ..."

2. The Origin of the Fittest: Essays on Evolution by Edward Drinker Cope (1886)
"... and (thought-force) phrenism.* All these are supposed to be correlated to the Physical Forces, but are under direction and control of the Vital ..."

3. Lippincott's Medical dictionary: A Complete Vocabulary of the Terms Used in by Ryland W. Greene, Joseph Thomas (1906)
"P. ligament, a short triangular fold of peritoneum descending from the diaphragm to the upper end of the spleen. phrenism (frcn'i'zm). ..."

4. Human Behavior: In Relation to the Study of Educational, Social, and Ethical by Stewart Paton (1921)
"... psychopathic, 451- 452 Phenomena, mnemic, 34 Philosophy, interpretation of, 3; speculative vagaries of, 4 Phototaxis, 290 phrenism, 318 Phrenology, 15, ..."

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