noun
- people having a pyknic body type, characterized by a stocky build with a tendency toward roundness
Usage: medical/psychological terminology; plural form
Examples
- The study examined the personality traits of pyknics compared to other body types.
- Kretschmer’s research focused on the temperamental differences between pyknics and asthenics.
- The psychologist noted that pyknics in the study showed certain behavioral patterns.
- Historical typology classified pyknics as having specific physical characteristics.
- The research compared pyknics with athletic and leptosomatic body types.