cerebrotonic

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/ˌsɛɹɪbɹə(ʊ)ˈtɒnɪk/

adjective

Designating a personality type characterised as intellectual, introverted, and emotionally restrained.

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Meanings

adjectivecerebrotonic (comparative more cerebrotonic, superlative most cerebrotonic)

comparative more cerebrotonic · superlative most cerebrotonic

  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
nouncerebrotonic (plural cerebrotonics)

plural cerebrotonics

  1. A person who has this personality type.

Origin

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

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APA

cerebrotonic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cerebrotonic

MLA

“cerebrotonic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cerebrotonic. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cerebrotonic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cerebrotonic.

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