Lombrosian

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Lombrosian [lɒmˈbrəʊzɪən]

adj

(Law) of or relating to the doctrine propounded by the Italian criminologist Cesare Lombroso (1836-1909) that criminals are a product of hereditary and atavistic factors and can be classified as a definite abnormal type

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No references found			49) Lombrosian theory certainly had a major impact among legal academics. Criminal madness: cultural iconography and insanity by Covey, Russell D. / Stanford Law Review And yet you stand by silently when your mentor, the homophobic Lincoln historian David Herbert Donald, endorses the opinion of Charles Strozier when he argues with Lombrosian logic that Lincoln could not have been bisexual because then he would have been "torn between worlds, full of shame, confused, and hardly likely to end up in politics. Dear Hendrik,.. by Percy, William A. / The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide The emphasis on "polpacci storti" gives a disfigured almost Lombrosian anatomical and pathological valence to her bodily features. Moravia's indifferent bodies: fascism and femininity in Gli ... by Chang, Natasha V. / Italica			lollygag lollypop Lolo Lolo-Burmese Loloish loma Lomami Lomariopsidaceae Lomas de Zamora lomatia lomatinous Lomax Lombard Lombard Street Lombard-house Lombardeer Lombardi Lombardia Lombardic Lombardic alphabet Lombardic architecture Lombardo Lombardy Lombardy poplar Lombok Lombrosian Lombroso Lome Lomé loment Lomentaceous Lomogramma Lomond Lomonite Lomotil Lompish Lompoc Lomu lomustine Lonas Lonas annua Lonas inodora Lonchocarpus Lond London London broil London paste London plane London pride London rocket London smoke			Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center Lombardi, Vince Lombardia Lombardia Lombardic Lombardic Lombardic alphabet Lombardic architecture Lombardic language Lombardo Lombardo Lombardo Toledano, Vicente Lombardo, Guy Lombards Lombards Lombardy Lombardy Lombardy and Venice, Kingdom of Lombardy League Lombardy poplar Lombardy poplar Lombardy poplars Lombardy, Italy Lombardy, Italy Lomblen Lombok Lombok Lombok island Lombok island Lombok Tourism Development Centre Lombrosian Lombrosianism Lombroso Lombroso (Lumbroso) Lombroso, Cesare LOMC LOMCB LOMCSA Lome Lome Lome Lomé Lomé Lome Convention Lomé Convention Lome, Togo Lome, Togo Lomé, Togo Lomé, Togo Lome, Togo - Lome Lomea Lomea Lomefloxacin Lomefloxacin Lomefloxacin Lomefloxacin Lomefloxacin hydrochloride Loménie de Brienne, Étienne Charles Loménie de Brienne, Étienne Charles de loment loment

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