RORSCHACH TEST


Meaning of RORSCHACH TEST in English

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■ noun Psychology a test used in psychoanalysis, in which a standard set of symmetrical ink blots of different shapes and colours is presented one by one to the subject, who is asked to describe what they suggest or resemble.

Origin

1920s: named after the Swiss psychiatrist Hermann Rorschach .

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