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cerebrotonic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˌsɛɹɪbɹə(ʊ)ˈtɒnɪk/

Etymology

Coined by William Herbert Sheldon, from cerebro- + tonic.

Meanings

  1. Designating a personality type characterised as intellectual, introverted, and emotionally restrained.
    • Cerebrotonic Cato may Extol the Ancient Disciplines, But the muscle-bound Marines Mutiny for food and pay. 1947, W H Auden, The Fall of Rome, Vintage, published 1991, page 332:

Forms

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more cerebrotonic Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most cerebrotonic Degree=Sup lexicographic

wikipedia: William Herbert Sheldon

cerebrotonic en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌsɛɹɪbɹə(ʊ)ˈtɒnɪk/

Etymology

Coined by William Herbert Sheldon, from cerebro- + tonic.

Meanings

  1. A person who has this personality type.

Forms

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cerebrotonics Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

somatotonic · viscerotonic

wikipedia: William Herbert Sheldon