† phrenicsn.
Obsolete.
The branch of knowledge or science which relates to the mind; philosophy of mind, psychology.
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the mind > mental capacity > psychology > [noun] > science of mind or soul
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phrenics1841
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1841 R. Park Pantology ii. iii. 82 We would apply the term Phrenics, to Mental Philosophy; or to that branch of knowledge, which treats of the faculties of the human mind, and their laws of action.
1863 A. Holbrook Normal 12 One might claim..that Ethics belongs more properly in Phrenics.
1893 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Phrenics..also metaphysics.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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