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Amativeness

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Amativeness is an inclination toward love, especially sexual love. It is also a concept in the archaic teachings of phrenology.

Localisation in Phrenology

Amativeness is also a concept of phrenology.[1] It is the faculty concerned with physical love and sexual attraction. When it is strongly developed, it may represent carnality and licentiousness. When underdeveloped: coldness, frigidity, indifference towards the opposite sex.

In phrenology, the locus of amativeness is located on the lower back of the head, behind the ears.[2]

References

  1. ^ Phrenology
  2. ^ Termination of British Library Net internet service
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