rorschach test
/ˈɹɔɹˌʃæk tɛst/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.70 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A method of psychological evaluation that uses a person's interpretations of inkblots or similar images to discover information concerning his or her personality, emotional functioning, or unconscious mind.
noun
Any test of an individual's perception of phenomena.
Example Sentences
- "Psychologists have dozens of projective methods to choose from beyond the Rorschach Test, the TAT and figure drawings."
- "She demurely took out a piece of paper with an ink blot on it, a Rorschach test . […] Poe said he had been saved by Desmond FitzGerald, the patron saint of knuckledraggers, who sent him away from headquarters to keep him from getting […]"
- "Because Irvine asserts that the earlier case law interpreting section 2280 was incorporated into Probate Code section 15401, but offers inconsistent interpretations of the law, it has become a Rorschach test for the parties."
- "And indeed, many of Mr. Trump’s supporters watch the same videos from Minneapolis and find in the sometimes murky images details that to them vindicate the shootings, actions by Ms. Good or Mr. Pretti that appear more threatening than what many others see. In effect, the videos have become a national Rorschach test for American polarization."
- "The chatty bots became the talk of Silicon Valley and an elaborate Rorschach test for belief in the current state of A.I. According to countless posts on the internet and myriad interviews with The New York Times, many saw a technology that could make their lives easier."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɹɔɹˌʃæk tɛst/
- British English: /ˈɹɔːʃɑːk tɛst/