psychometry
Noun
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Noun
psychometry (plural psychometries)
- The paranormal ability to discover information about an object's past, and especially about its past owners, merely by handling it.
- (psychology) The use of psychological tests to measure intelligence, abilities, attitudes, and personality traits.
- 1960, Indian Journal of Psychology XXXV–XXXVII, page 25 ↗:
- In psychometry and paedometry his original contributions will be little unless he had equipped himself well with the subjects like mathematics and statistics.
- ibidem, page 27 ↗:
- Again, barring in a few universities psychometry and physiological psychology are not regarded as compulsory papers.
- 1960, Indian Journal of Psychology XXXV–XXXVII, page 25 ↗:
- (the use of psychological tests to measure traits) psychometrics
- French: psychométrie
- German: Psychometrie
- Italian: psicometria
- Portuguese: psicometria
- Russian: психометри́я
- Spanish: psicometría
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