inkblot test
noun
: any of several psychological tests (such as a Rorschach test) based on the interpretation of irregular figures (such as blots of ink)
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While a straightforward tale on the surface, Jekyll and Hyde is ultimately an inkblot test in narrative form.
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Kevin Dickinson, Big Think, 8 Aug. 2025
This brings us to the following image, which will likely be a Rorschach test (aka, the ‘inkblot test’) for United fans.
—Carl Anka, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
Her initial expression becomes an inkblot test for the audience as the rest of the two-episode premiere plays out.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 11 Oct. 2024
Still, the apparent friction between Soho House’s you-can’t-sit-with-us brand and Portland’s reputation for crunchy eccentricity has made the club a kind of inkblot test for locals’ opinions on the city’s evolving identity.
—Callie Holtermann, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
The three may have combined to produce post-sunset skies on the western horizon that seemed to represent a sort of meteorological inkblot test.
—Martin Weil, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2022
This is not to re-litigate Gurianov’s play, which tends to resemble an inkblot test.
—Dallas News, 6 Apr. 2022
The premiere is something of an inkblot test.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2021
Brewer shows me —views from the side, back, and top—look like a cross between a nice, fat slice of sausage and a Rorschach inkblot test.
—David Ewing Duncan, Discover Magazine, 25 Mar. 2019
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Kevin Dickinson, Big Think, 8 Aug. 2025
This brings us to the following image, which will likely be a Rorschach test (aka, the ‘inkblot test’) for United fans.
—Carl Anka, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
Her initial expression becomes an inkblot test for the audience as the rest of the two-episode premiere plays out.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 11 Oct. 2024
Still, the apparent friction between Soho House’s you-can’t-sit-with-us brand and Portland’s reputation for crunchy eccentricity has made the club a kind of inkblot test for locals’ opinions on the city’s evolving identity.
—Callie Holtermann, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
The three may have combined to produce post-sunset skies on the western horizon that seemed to represent a sort of meteorological inkblot test.
—Martin Weil, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2022
This is not to re-litigate Gurianov’s play, which tends to resemble an inkblot test.
—Dallas News, 6 Apr. 2022
The premiere is something of an inkblot test.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2021
Brewer shows me —views from the side, back, and top—look like a cross between a nice, fat slice of sausage and a Rorschach inkblot test.
—David Ewing Duncan, Discover Magazine, 25 Mar. 2019
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