noun
- Plural of leptosome; individuals with a slender, linear body type characterized by long limbs and low body weight.
Usage: anthropology; psychology; dated constitutional psychology term
Examples
- Early constitutional psychologists classified leptosomes as one of three main body types.
- Leptosomes typically have narrow chests and elongated limbs.
- The study compared personality traits across leptosomes, pycnics, and athletics.
- Kretschmer's theory associated leptosomes with certain temperamental characteristics.
- Modern anthropology has largely moved away from categorizing people as leptosomes.