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单词 cerebrotonic
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cerebrotonicadj.n.

/ˌsɛrɪbrəʊˈtɒnɪk/
Etymology: < cerebro- comb. form + tonic adj. 1a.
A. adj.
Designating or characteristic of a type of personality which is introverted, intellectual, and emotionally restrained, classified by Sheldon as being associated with an ectomorphic (ectomorphic adj. at ectomorph n. Derivatives) physique.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > psychology > theory of psychoanalysis > libido > transfer of feelings > turning inwards > [adjective]
introverted1915
introversive1923
cerebrotonic1937
introvertish1946
1937 A. Huxley Ends & Means xi. 165 Dr. William Sheldon, whose classification [of types of human beings] in terms of somatotonic, viscerotonic and cerebrotonic I shall use.
1940 W. H. Sheldon Varieties of Human Physique 8 In the economy of the cerebrotonic individual the sensory and central nervous systems appear to play dominant roles.
1950 A. Huxley Themes & Variations i. 121 Too secretively the introvert, too inhibitedly cerebrotonic, to be willing to take the risk of ‘giving himself away’.
1951 W. H. Auden Nones (1952) 28 Cerebrotonic Cato may Extol the Ancient Disciplines.
1954 R. Fuller Fantasy & Fugue iv. 75 You..unfortunately incline to the cerebrotonic ectomorph—you worry too much, you're too good looking, and you can't abandon yourself happily to booze.
B. n.
One having this type of personality.
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the mind > mental capacity > psychology > theory of psychoanalysis > libido > transfer of feelings > turning inwards > [noun] > person tending to
introvert1916
cerebrotonic1937
1937 A. Huxley Ends & Means xii. 193 The cerebrotonic is not such a ‘good mixer’ as the viscerotonic.
1945 [see cerebrotonia n. at Derivatives].

Derivatives

cerebrotonia n. /ˌsɛrɪbrəʊˈtəʊnɪə/ cerebrotonic personality or characteristics.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > psychology > theory of psychoanalysis > libido > transfer of feelings > turning inwards > [noun]
introversion1912
cerebrotonia1945
1945 A. Huxley Let. 2 Apr. (1969) 517 There was just enough of the somatotonic in his..cerebrotonic make-up to make him regret his cerebrotonia.
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adj.n.1937
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