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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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.
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Callie Holtermann, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
The premiere is something of an inkblot test.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2021
This is not to re-litigate Gurianov’s play, which tends to resemble an inkblot test.
—Dallas News, 6 Apr. 2022
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
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
The Rorschach inkblot test was in use, as were the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, a 567-item questionnaire, and the Thematic Apperception Test, developed by the Harvard psychologist Henry Murray.
—Benedict Carey, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2022
The final element in Albert’s in-take as a study subject included a Rorschach inkblot test administered on May 11, 1944.
—BostonGlobe.com, 14 May 2022
The broad sweep of Harari’s writing, which encompasses the prehistoric past and a dark far-off future, has turned him into a bit of a walking inkblot test.
—David Marchese, New York Times, 7 Nov. 2021
Callie Holtermann, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
The premiere is something of an inkblot test.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2021
This is not to re-litigate Gurianov’s play, which tends to resemble an inkblot test.
—Dallas News, 6 Apr. 2022
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
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
The Rorschach inkblot test was in use, as were the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, a 567-item questionnaire, and the Thematic Apperception Test, developed by the Harvard psychologist Henry Murray.
—Benedict Carey, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2022
The final element in Albert’s in-take as a study subject included a Rorschach inkblot test administered on May 11, 1944.
—BostonGlobe.com, 14 May 2022
The broad sweep of Harari’s writing, which encompasses the prehistoric past and a dark far-off future, has turned him into a bit of a walking inkblot test.
—David Marchese, New York Times, 7 Nov. 2021
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1928, in the meaning defined above
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inkblot test
noun
: any of several psychological tests (as a Rorschach test) based on the interpretation of irregular figures (as blots of ink)
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